Creating a Common Polity : Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon

Emily Mackil

ISBN 10: 0520272501 / ISBN 13: 9780520272507

Edité par UCAL POD Apr 2015, 2015

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Neuware - In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece--Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Creating a Common Polity : Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon
• Éditeur: UCAL POD Apr 2015
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0520272501
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780520272507
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 38 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 38 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1065 grammes

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Synopsis

In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece--Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.

À propos de l'auteur

Emily Mackil is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.