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Auteur(s) : Raja, Rubina (1975-....)
Titre(s) : Pearl of the desert [Texte imprimé] : a history of Palmyra / Rubina Raja
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, copyright [2022]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color),
maps, plans ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-225) and index
"Palmyra has long attracted the attention of the world. Well before its rediscovery
in the seventeenth century, the ancient city gained legendary status because of its
Queen Zenobia, who in the third century CE rebelled against the Romans and expanded
Palmyra's territory into what is now modern Turkey and Egypt. Even though Zenobia's
empire was a fairly short interlude and the Romans struck hard, devastating the city,
her path to imperial power was one which tells us much amount about Palmyrene identity
in the period before the defeat. While Zenobia has gained renewed interest among both
scholars and the press, and while she has served as a political symbol for Syria's
president Assad (a statue of her was recently erected in Damascus), the time leading
up to her reign still remains underexplored. Pearl of the desert is the most comprehensive
history of this fabled ancient city in English. Assimilating the rich archaeological
and literary evidence of settlement in the Bronze Age to Palmyra's rise as an urban
center in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods, its destruction by Rome in 273 CE,
and its survival in the Byzantine and medieval Islamic periods. The book ends with
a discussion of Palmyra's modern rediscovery and, more recently, its chaotic misfortunes
during the Syrian civil war when it was used as a symbol of, alternately, the resistance
of the rebels, the power of ISIS, and the supremacy of the Syrian state. After several
years of destruction and looting, securing of the site has begun as well as planning
for its restoration. At this turning point in Palmyra's long history, there is no
better time to assess the past, present, and future of this remarkable city."--Publisher's
website
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : History of Palmyra
Sujet(s) : Zénobie (02..-0274? ; reine de Palmyre)
Palmyre (Syrie ; ville ancienne) -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190852221. - ISBN 0190852224
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47008124n
Notice n° :
FRBNF47008124
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The archeology and history of Palmyra -- ; Urban island or node in a network? The
world of the living -- ; Family networks : the world of the dead -- ; Making-and breaking-
ties : Palmyra, Rome, and Parthia -- ; Changing ties : Palmyra after Rome -- ; Cutting
ties : Palmyra in a warzone -- ; Postludium: Palmyra--a tie in an ever-changing network
