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- Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond
- Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps and Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Palmyra in the Mediterranean World
- 2 The Western Networks of Palmyra
- 3 You Can’t Get There from Here
- 4 Palmyrene Iconographic Traditions and Their Mediterranean Connections
- 5 Palmyra and Emesa or ‘Palmyre sans Émèse’
- 6 Organizing Networks to Supply Mediterranean Markets
- 7 Language, Law and Religion
- 8 Channels of Communication and Connections of Style
- 9 Identity and Mobility of Palmyrene Jews
- 10 Palmyrene Military Expatriation and Its Religious Transfer at Roman Dura-Europos, Dacia and Numidia
- Index
- References
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Book contents
- Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond
- Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps and Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Palmyra in the Mediterranean World
- 2 The Western Networks of Palmyra
- 3 You Can’t Get There from Here
- 4 Palmyrene Iconographic Traditions and Their Mediterranean Connections
- 5 Palmyra and Emesa or ‘Palmyre sans Émèse’
- 6 Organizing Networks to Supply Mediterranean Markets
- 7 Language, Law and Religion
- 8 Channels of Communication and Connections of Style
- 9 Identity and Mobility of Palmyrene Jews
- 10 Palmyrene Military Expatriation and Its Religious Transfer at Roman Dura-Europos, Dacia and Numidia
- Index
- References
Summary
Palmyra, the famous oasis city in the Syrian Desert, has long been a subject of study. It is often brought to the forefront as a case study on trade networks, elite culture and local religious life. However, over the course of the last decades the data available from the city now allows us to investigate new facets of the city’s life, its culture, and its social and religious structure. This contribution provides a short introduction to the history and archaeology of the city as well as the history of research, before turning to the ways in which Palmyra was not only unique in the sense that through its location in an oasis and as a major trade hub it came to hold a pivotal role in the region for a while in the Roman period but can also be studied in a unique light in its relation to the Mediterranean world through the evidence from the city.
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