Open Sea
A major new economic history of the ancient Mediterranean world
In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of Rome''s imperial supremacy. Drawing on a wide range of ancient sources and the latest social theory, Manning suggests that a search for an illuso...
A major new economic history of the ancient Mediterranean world
In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of Rome''s imperial supremacy. Drawing on a wide range of ancient sources and the latest social theory, Manning suggests that a search for an illuso...
