Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean Demetriou Hardback

Negotiating Identity in the Ancient MediterraneanThe Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia\nAuthor(s): Denise Demetriou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107019447, 978-1107019447\nSynopsis\nThe Mediterranean basin was a multicultural region with a great diversity of linguistic, religious, social and ethnic groups. This dynamic social and cultural landscape encouraged extensive contact and exchange among different communities. This book seeks to explain what happened when different ethnic, social, linguistic and religious groups, among others, came into contact with each other, especially in multiethnic commercial settlements located throughout the region. What means did they employ to mediate their interactions? How did each group construct distinct identities while interacting with others? What new identities came into existence because of these contacts? Professor Demetriou brings t.