Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55 by Mackil, Emily

Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520272507)

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Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55 by Mackil, Emily

Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55

$95.00
Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55 by Mackil, Emily

Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55

$95.00
Format: Hardcover
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In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece-Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.

Author: Emily Mackil
ISBN-10: 0520272501
ISBN-13: 9780520272507
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2015
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 2.00d

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Choice 12/01/2013
By Emily Mackil
By Emily Mackil
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Emily Mackil is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

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