TY - BOOK AU - Marek,Christian AU - Frei,Peter AU - Rendall,Steven TI - In the land of a thousand gods: a history of Asia Minor in the ancient world SN - 9780691159799 AV - DS155 .M3713 2016 U1 - 939/.2 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Turkey KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Turquie KW - Histoire KW - Jusqu'a 1500 KW - Anatolien KW - fast KW - lcgft N1 - "First published in German under the title Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike, by Christian Marek, Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München 2010."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-725) and index; Introduction : Anatolia between east and west -- Modern fieldwork in Asia Minor -- From prehistory to the oldest written culture -- The late Bronze and Iron Age -- The western Persian Empire and the world of the Greeks in Asia Minor (547/546 to 333 BCE) -- Monarchies, vassals, and cities from Alexander's Empire to the Pax Romana (331 BCE to 31 BCE) -- Imperium Romanum : the provinces from Augustus to Aurelian -- Asia Minor and imperial administration under the principate -- Economic, socio-political, and cultural conditions in the provinces of the Imperial Period -- Epilogue and outlook N2 - This monumental book provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. In this English-language edition of the critically acclaimed German book, Christian Marek masterfully employs ancient sources to illuminate civic institutions, urban and rural society, agriculture, trade and money, the influential Greek writers of the Second Sophistic, the notoriously bloody exhibitions of the gladiatorial arena, and more UR - http://d-nb.info/1114419176/04 UR - ../WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0691159793&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=5954f5026db99154d964777226db54f4a91820a76837c49ef0fd5d054f6cd82e&ectype=TOC ER -