Hellenistic and Roman Ḥaurān

A Well-Connected Near Eastern Region with a Local Style

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ID23561345
AuthorsAnna-Katharina Rieger (independent scholar), Anna‐Katharina Rieger (0000-0001-9244-508X, Film Independent, corresponding author)
Year2025
Pages607-628
Publication date2025-04-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of the Hellenistic and Roman near East (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190858155.013.50
OpenAlexW4409664315
ISBN9780190858155
LanguageEN
References cited18

Ḥaurān, the basalt region of southern Syria and northern Jordan, forms a distinct regional entity in terms of environment and history. The particularities of Ḥaurān in Graeco-Roman times not only consist of the landscape, the material culture, and architecture, but they are also reflected in the interrelations of different people and their lifestyles, in economic and political organization, in settlement patterns as well as in the religious practices and institutions. Employing a local historical perspective helps trace how the agents—Ḥaurānites, Nabataeans, Ituraeans, Romans—shaped and were shaped by the local conditions in the period 200 bc to ad 500, and how they can hardly be understood from a purely Eurocentric or Mediterranean point of view.

Ancient history · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History

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