The European Iron Age
Published on 16. September 2003
192 pages
978-1-134-74638-5 (ISBN)
Description
This ambitious study documents the underlying features which link the civilizations of the Mediterranean - Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Roman - and the Iron Age cultures of central Europe, traditionally associated with the Celts. It deals with the social, economic and cultural interaction in the first millennium BC which culminated in the Roman Empire.
The book has three principle themes: the spread of iron-working from its origins in Anatolia to its adoption over most of Europe; the development of a trading system throughout the Mediterrean world after the collapse of Mycenaean Greece and its spread into temperate Europe; and the rise of ever more complex societies, including states and cities, and eventually empires.
Dr Collis takes a new look at such key concepts as population movement, diffusion, trade, social structure and spatial organization, with some challenging new views on the Celts in particular.
The book has three principle themes: the spread of iron-working from its origins in Anatolia to its adoption over most of Europe; the development of a trading system throughout the Mediterrean world after the collapse of Mycenaean Greece and its spread into temperate Europe; and the rise of ever more complex societies, including states and cities, and eventually empires.
Dr Collis takes a new look at such key concepts as population movement, diffusion, trade, social structure and spatial organization, with some challenging new views on the Celts in particular.
Reviews / Votes
'The strength of The European Iron Age is that the author manages to present a broad view of Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations of the era alongside the central European Iron Age cultures ... This is one of the rare books which succeeds in concisely covering an exceptionally wide scope without getting bogged down in the details.' - At the EdgeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
11,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-74638-5 (9781134746385)
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Person
John Collis, Ambrose College. Universities of Sheffield, Leicester, Birmingham,
and Nottingham.
and Nottingham.
Content
1 Attitudes to the Past 9 Population movement and ethnicity The Old Order 26 The origin of iron working 3 Reawakening in the East4 The Trade Explosion 5 The Tide Turns, 500-250 BC 6 The Economic Revival 7 The Roman Empire and Beyond
