The Concept of Crisis in Antiquity

Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-914434-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

This volume deals with the perception and conception of crises in ancient societies from an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective, with contributions on Greece, Rome, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, India and China.

The focus is on the extent to which the modern concept of crisis had equivalents in the respective societies and how these crises were conceptually grasped and terminologically described. To achieve this, specialists from various fields have examined written and, in some cases, archaeological sources from the respective societies from the point of view of which developments or events were regarded as crises, how they were dealt with, and with which terms these situations were described.

In this way, the similarities and differences in the conception of crises in ancient societies are illustrated, making the volume an important reference for studies on crises in pre-modern societies.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, Postgraduates, Undergraduates

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tamiolaki, Melina

Zimmermann, Markus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Melina Tamiolaki, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece; Markus Zimmermann, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.