Phoenicians among Others Why Migrants Mattered in the Ancient Mediterranean

by Demetriou, Denise

• ISBN13: 9780197634851
• ISBN10: 0197634850
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-06-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Phoenicians among Others provides the first history of Phoenician immigrants in the ancient Mediterranean from the fourth to the first centuries BCE. Through an examination of inscriptions, many bilingual in Phoenician and Greek or Egyptian, Phoenicians among Others demonstrates how mobility and migration challenged migrants and states alike. Far from being excluded, and despite facing prejudices, immigrants mobilized adaptive strategies to mediate their experiences and encourage a sense of membership and belonging, constructed new identities, and transformed the societies they joined.

By integrating the voices and histories of immigrants with those of the states in which they lived, Denise Demetriou highlights the diverse ways that migrants influenced the development of societies, introduced new institutions, shaped the policies of their home and host states, made notions of citizenship more fluid, and changed the course of local, regional, and Mediterranean histories.

Author Biography

Denise Demetriou is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, where she holds the Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Chair in Ancient Greek History. Her previous publications include Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Adaptive Repertoires of Immigrants

Chapter 2: Phoenician Trade Associations

Chapter 3: Managing Migration

Chapter 4: Honors, Privileges, and Greek Migration Regimes

Chapter 5: Phoenicians Beyond Greek Communities

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index