The Land of Ionia

Download or read book The Land of Ionia written by Alan M. Greaves and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating over a century of archaeological research, Greaves offers a reassessment of Archaic Ionia that attempts to understand the region within its larger Mediterranean context and provides a thematic overview of its cities and people. Seeks to balance the Greek and Anatolian cultural influences at work in Ionia in this important period of its history (700BC to the Battle of Lade in 494BC) Organised thematically, covering landscape, economy, cities, colonisation, warfare, cult, and art Accesses German and Turkish scholarship, presenting a useful point of entry to the published literature for academics and students