Phoenicians among Others - 9780197634851

Oxford University Press Inc

Phoenicians among OthersWhy Migrants Mattered in the Ancient Mediterranean\nAuthor(s): Denise Demetriou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197634851, 978-0197634851\nSynopsis\nPhoenicians 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.\n\nBy integrating the voices and histories of immigrants with those of the states in which they lived, Denise Demetriou highlights the dive.