Carthage : fact and myth /
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the center of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean. Carthage was founded by Phoenician migrants, who settled in the north...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Leiden :
Sidestone Press,
[2015]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Carthage: fact and fiction
- 2. Phoenicia: from place of transit to trading nation
- 3. Punic Carthage
- 4. The Punic writing system
- 5. The Tophet of Carthage
- 6. Egyptian influence in Carthage
- 7. Carthage as a martime power
- 8. Carthage & the local Libyan-Numidian population
- 9. The Punic wars
- 10. The Mahdia shipwreck
- 11. Roman Carthage: history and monuments
- 12. Christian Carthage
- 13. Dido and Hannibal through western eyes
- 14. Foreigners on an unfamiliar coast: the rediscovery of Carthage
- 15. Reflections of Carthage in 19th century art
- 16. Images of Carthage in the 20th and 21st centuries: Films, comics and games
- 17. Ancient Carthage in the 21st century: A timeless message.