The Phoenicians and the West : politics, colonies and trade
Recent archaeological research has transformed our understanding of the Phoenicians and their colonies. This updated and expanded version of Aubet's successful synthesis, The Phoenicians and the West, originally published in English in 1993, incorporates more recent research findings, and includes an updated bibliography.
History
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List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Who were the Phoenicians?; 2. Phoenicia during the Iron Age; 3. The bases for the expansion in the Mediterranean; 4. Phoenician trade: exchange mechanisms and organization; 5. The great political institution: the palace and the temple; 6. The routes of Phoenician expansion in the Mediterranean; 7. The Phoenicians in the west: chronology and historiography; 8. The Phoenician colonies in the central Mediterranean; 9. The colonies of the far west; 10. The colonies in the west; 11. Concluding thoughts; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.