Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies, and Trade
This updated version of Maria Eugenia Aubet's highly praised book (1993) incorporates the most recent research findings on the ancient civilization of Phoenicia and includes an updated bibliography. The Phoenicians established the first trading system in the Mediterranean basin between the eighth and sixth centuries B.C. Continuous archaeological research over the past decades has transformed our understanding of Phoenicia, its colonies and their relationship to local communities. First...
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Revised and updated version of a book on the Phoenicians first published in 1993.
List of figuresList of tablesPrefaceIntroduction11Who were the Phoenicians?62Phoenicia during the Iron Age263The bases for the expansion in the Mediterranean704Phoenician trade: exchange mechanisms and organization975The great political institutions: the palace and the temple1446The routes of Phoenician expansion in the Mediterranean1597The Phoenicians in the west: chronology and historiography1948The Phoenician colonies in the central Mediterranean2129The colonies of the far west25710The colonies in the west30511Concluding thoughts347App. IThe journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia356App. IIOracles against Tyre363App. IIIRadiometric datings372Bibliography382Index426
