Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World

By: NAIDEN, F. SContributor(s): TALBERT, Richard J. AMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York Oxford University Press 2017 Edition: 1stISBN: 9780000000000Subject(s): Communication--History | History, Ancient | Rome--Economic conditions | Rome--Historical geography--Maps
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ContentsFigures, Maps, and TablesAbbreviationsContributorsIntroduction, by F. S. Naiden and Richard TalbertPart I Networks1 Environmental Perspectives on Ancient Communication, by Grant Parker2 Libraries and Communication in the Ancient World, by Matthew Nicholls3 Communication and Roman Long-distance Trade, by Taco Terpstra4 Military Communication: The Example of the Classical Battlefield, by F. S. NaidenPart II Modes5 Monuments of the Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, by James F. Osborne6 Communicating with Images in the Roman Empire, by Jennifer Trimble7 Musical Persuasion in Early Greece, by Timothy Power8 Gesture in the Ancient Mediterranean World, by Gregory S. Aldrete9 Exercising Sympathy in Mesopotamian Letters, by Seth RichardsonPart III Divinities10 Messages and the Mesopotamian Gods: Signals and Systematics, by Seth Richardson11 Pilgrimage and Communication, by Ian Rutherford12 The Inspired Voice: Enigmatic Oracular Communication, by Julia Kindt13 Christianity, by Michael KulikowskiPart IV Engagements14 Cross-cultural Communication in the Hellenistic Mediterranean and Western and South Asia, by Matthew Canepa15 Cross-cultural Communication in Egypt, by J. G. Manning16 Diplomatic Communication in the Ancient Mediterranean, by Sheila L. Ager17 Coinage and the Roman Economy, by Kenneth W. Harl18 Communicating through Maps: The Roman Case, by Richard TalbertGazetteerIndex
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ContentsFigures, Maps, and TablesAbbreviationsContributorsIntroduction, by F. S. Naiden and Richard TalbertPart I Networks1 Environmental Perspectives on Ancient Communication, by Grant Parker2 Libraries and Communication in the Ancient World, by Matthew Nicholls3 Communication and Roman Long-distance Trade, by Taco Terpstra4 Military Communication: The Example of the Classical Battlefield, by F. S. NaidenPart II Modes5 Monuments of the Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, by James F. Osborne6 Communicating with Images in the Roman Empire, by Jennifer Trimble7 Musical Persuasion in Early Greece, by Timothy Power8 Gesture in the Ancient Mediterranean World, by Gregory S. Aldrete9 Exercising Sympathy in Mesopotamian Letters, by Seth RichardsonPart III Divinities10 Messages and the Mesopotamian Gods: Signals and Systematics, by Seth Richardson11 Pilgrimage and Communication, by Ian Rutherford12 The Inspired Voice: Enigmatic Oracular Communication, by Julia Kindt13 Christianity, by Michael KulikowskiPart IV Engagements14 Cross-cultural Communication in the Hellenistic Mediterranean and Western and South Asia, by Matthew Canepa15 Cross-cultural Communication in Egypt, by J. G. Manning16 Diplomatic Communication in the Ancient Mediterranean, by Sheila L. Ager17 Coinage and the Roman Economy, by Kenneth W. Harl18 Communicating through Maps: The Roman Case, by Richard TalbertGazetteerIndex