"Antiquity: “East” As “Western Identity”" ed. by Helena Trindade Lopes, Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira

This volume gathers seven essays featuring case studies on ancient cultural identity via interdisciplinary approaches. Interdisciplinarity, thanks to the intersection of history, archaeology, and linguistics, corresponds to the transversal, comprehensive, and complex look essential to understand the intrinsic value of antiquity in each time and in each present.

The usages of the past, and of antiquity, were felt throughout history, reflecting the fabric of apologetic and ideological narratives. Antiquity is studied to understand time to understand the way in which the past is received, integrated, and used. Ancient history and archaeology demonstrate how diverse the ancient world truly was. Socio-cultural change and dynamics in contact situations between groups of distinct cultures produced constant innovations and adaptations.
In this book, the reader will access debates on intercultural experiences from the perspective of Phoenician colonists in Spain; the formation of a particular Greek identity built by Greek colonists in Sicily; the dramatic social and cultural transformations in the southern Levant following the regional transition to the Bronze Age; the integration of pre-Islamic Somalia in a trade network connected to the Mediterranean, from the Bronze to Iron ages; the multicultural influences inspiring the Book of Genesis; the cultural identity of early Christians as the New Testament is developed under the influence of Near Eastern traditions; and the complex multi-cultural and multi-ethnic dialogue behind the process of formation of Koine Greek during Byzantine times.

Contents
1. Egyptian Amulets in the Western Mediterranean: The Case of Cadiz
2. The Heritage of Eastern Mediterranean Cultures in Greco-Roman Town of Akrai/Acrae, SE Sicily
3. Technopoiesis in the Southern Levantine Metallurgy and Its Implications on the Rise and Fall of the Ghassulian Society
4. Social and Economic Developments in Pre-Islamic Somalia: Introducing African-Arabian-Mediterranean Interaction
5. Genesis 1: Where Babylon and Greece Meet
6. Including the Ancient Near East as “Western Identity”: The Case of Enochic Traditions in Early Christian Literature
7. Bάλτοi – The Reception of Western Asian Colors-Cardinal Points System along the Boundaries of the Hellenic Oikumene


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