The European Iron Age

John Collis0415151392, 9780415151399, 0203442113, 9780203442111

This ambitious study documents the underlying features which link the civilizations of the Mediterranean–Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Roman–and the Iron Age cultures of central Europe. Themes presented include: the spread of iron-working over most of Europe; the development and spread of a trading system throughout temperate Europe; and the rise of ever more complex societies, including states and cities, and eventually empires. Offering challenging views on population movement, diffusion, trade, social structure and spatial organization, it deals with the gradual process which culminated in the Roman Empire.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
List of Illustrations……Page 7
Preface……Page 9
Attitudes to the Past……Page 10
The Old Order……Page 27
Reawakening in the East……Page 40
The Trade Explosion……Page 63
The Tide Turns, 500 250 BC……Page 104
The Economic Revival……Page 140
The Roman Empire and Beyond……Page 159
Notes and bibliography……Page 182
Index……Page 190