The Eastern Mediterranean in Early Antiquity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23734147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Van De Mieroop (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | 117-140 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Rethinking the Mediterranean (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199265459.003.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W4388392655 |
| ISBN | 9780199265459 |
| Open Library | OL15570029M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
‘Mediterraneanism’ involves itself with a region, and as such it needs to define its subject of study and set its borders. While the aim of the approach is to be trans-historical—inspired as it is by Braudel’s longue durée—it should be obvious that historical circumstances defined what belonged to the Mediterranean world at any given point in time. Political and economic conditions determined what regions were in contact with those at the Mediterranean shores, and these changed over time. While the Mediterranean might be a timeless and trans-historical concept, what falls within its reach is not. In his study of the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II, Fernand Braudel could include the Flemish city of Antwerp, but no one would claim that city to have been a Mediterranean one throughout its history.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Flemish · Genealogy · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Political science · Politics · Shore · Subject (documents) · Byzantine Studies and History · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |