Ancient colonizations; analogy, similarity and difference.0715632981 Ancient colonizations; analogy, similarity Similarity is some degree of symmetry in either analogy and resemblance between two or more concepts or objects. The notion of similarity rests either on exact or approximate repetitions of patterns in the compared items. and difference. Ed. by Henry Hurst and Sara Owen. Duckworth 2005 165 pages $31.00 Paperback DE86 Seven contributions from specialists in Greek and Roman archaeology archaeology (ärkēŏl`əjē) [Gr.,=study of beginnings], a branch of anthropology that seeks to document and explain continuity and change and similarities and differences among human cultures. examine the question of colonization colonization, extension of political and economic control over an area by a state whose nationals have occupied the area and usually possess organizational or technological superiority over the native population. in the ancient world. Particular emphasis is placed on the issues that arise when scholars aim to understand ancient processes of settlement and cultural interaction through the use of analogies to modern European imperialism imperialism, broadly, the extension of rule or influence by one government, nation, or society over another. Early Empires Evidence of the existence of empires dates back to the dawn of written history in Egypt and in Mesopotamia, where local . The papers were originally presented in 2001 in the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge U. Distributed in the U.S. by International Publishers Marketing. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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