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Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route by Sidebotham, Steven E.

Table of Contents: “…Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.…”
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The Greek theatre and festivals documentary studies /

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On the margins of crusading the military orders, the Papacy and the Christian world /

Table of Contents: “…A Jerusalem indulgence / Anthony Luttrell -- Fulfilling a Mediterranean vocation : the Domus Sancte Marie Montis Gaudii de Jerusalem in north-west Italy / Elena Bellomo -- Templar liturgy and devotion in the crown of Aragon / Sebastián Salvadó -- Gerard of Ridefort and the Battle of le Cresson (1 May 1187) : the developing narrative tradition / Peter Edbury -- Clement V and the road to Avignon, 1304-1309 / David Bryson -- Vox in excelso : deconstructed : exactly what did Clement V say? …”
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Renaissance cultural crossroads translation, print and culture in Britain, 1473-1640 /

Table of Contents: “…: sixteenth-century english translations of the -- Classics / Fred Schurink -- Cato in England : translating Latin sayings for moral and linguistic instruction / Demmy Verbeke -- John Hester's translations of Leonardo Fioravanti : the literary career of a London distiller / Isabelle Pantin -- 'For the common good and for the national interest' : paratexts in English translations of navigational works / Susanna De Schepper -- Henry Hexham (c.1585-1650), English soldier, author, translator, lexicographer, and cultural mediator in the Low Countries / Paul Hoftijzer -- 'Newes lately come' : European news books in English translation / S.K. …”
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The Greek polis and the invention of democracy a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations /

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