Archaeologies of Water in the Roman Near East : : 63 BC – AD 636 /

Archaeologies of Water in the Roman Near East : : 63 BC – AD 636 / / Zena Kamash.

Water is one of the most benign, and destructive, powers in the lives of all people, in particular in arid areas such as the Near East. This book provides an alternative way of thinking about the Roman Near East by exploring how its inhabitants managed and lived with their water supplies, especially...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Kamash, Zena,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Introduction and Uses of New Water Technologies
  • 2. Water and the Economy
  • 3. Attitudes towards Water as a Resource in the Roman Near East
  • 4. Water, Hygiene, Cleanliness and Purity
  • 5. Water and Pagan Religion in the Roman and Late Roman Near East
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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