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MELAMMU WORKSHOP 3
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ROUTES AND TRAVELLERS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST:
CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
22-23.03.2017
Faculty of Geography and History - University of Barcelona
Organisers: Rocío Da Riva (University of Barcelona) and Sebastian Fink (University of Innsbruck)
Sponsors:
Faculty of Geography and History - University of Barcelona; Vice-Rector
for Research - University of Barcelona; Catalan Institution for
Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA); Water Research Institute -
University of Barcelona; Österreichisches Kulturforum Madrid - BMeiA
PROGRAMME
DAY 1 - 22/03/2017 9.00-16.30
- 9.00-9.30 OPENING:
X. ROIGÉ (Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History, University of Barcelona)
R. DA RIVA (University of Barcelona & Melammu Project Board)
I. Routes between East and West (Chairperson: P. Corò):
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9.30-10.00 I.1. Through the Middle Sea: An Overview of the Main
Mediterranean Sea-Routes in Antiquity (CH. SCHAEFER & P. WARNKING,
UNIVERSITY OF TRIER)
- 10.00-10.30 I.2. The Knights of the Ocean: The Phoenicians between East and West (B. MORSTADT, UNIVERSITY OF BOCHUM)
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10.30-11.00 I.3. Landroutes between East and West: Silk and Silkworms'
Importing from China to Byzantium: Merchants and Trade Routes during
Justinian's Reign (M. CHIRIATTI, LMU UNIVERSITY, MUNICH)
11.00-11.30 COFFEE BREAK
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11.30-12.00 I.4. Travellers in Upper Mesopotamia during the Middle and
early Neo-Assyrian Periods: itineraries, travel objectives and travel
speed (A. PACI, SORBONNE UNIVERSITY)
- 12.00-12.30 I.5. Informal
Networks of Exchange at the End of the Middle Bronze Period in
North-East Africa and the Red Sea: their Economic and Political Impact
in Egypt (J. C. MORENO, CNRS-PARIS)
12.30-14.30 LUNCH BREAK
II. From West to East (Chairperson: R. Da Riva):
1. Cuneiform Sources:
- 14.30-15.00 II.1.1. Greek Travellers in Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Sources (P. CORÒ, UNIVERSITY OF VENICE)
- 15.00-15.30 II.1.2. Invading Mesopotamia, from Alexander to Crassus (J. MONERIE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITY)
2. Classical Sources (Part 1):
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15.30-16.00 II.2.1. Religious Networks and Cultural Exchange. Some
Possible Cases from the Eastern Mediterranean (I. RUTHERFORD, UNIVERSITY
OF READING)
- 16.00-16.30. II.2.2. The Sage's Lehrjahre (J. PÒRTULAS, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA)
DAY 2 - 23/03/2017 9.30-17.30
II. From West to East (Chairperson: R. Da Riva):
2. Classical Sources (Part 2):
- 9.30-10.00 II.2.3. Around the 10.000: Greek Armies in the East (CH. TUPLIN, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL)
- 10.00-10.30 II.2.4. Greek Merchants and Businessmen in the East (K. RUFFING, UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL)
10.30-11.30 BREAK
III. From East to West (Chairperson: B. Morstadt):
1. Cuneiform Sources:
- 11.30-12.00. III.1.1. Neo-Babylonians in the West: the Documentary Sources (PH. CLANCIER & D. AGUT, SORBONNE UNIVERSITY)
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12.00-12.30 III.1.2. The Conquest of the Far West: the Mediterranean
Lands in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Political Programs (R.
ROLLINGER, UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK)
12.30-15.00 LUNCH BREAK
2. Classical Sources:
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15.00-15.30 III.2.1. The Orient and the Orientals in Greek and Roman
Sources: the Sassanids (C. BUENACASA, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA)
- 15.30-16.00 III.2.2. Assyrians and Babylonians in Classical Sources (S. FINK, UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK)
IV. Workshop Conclusion: Comparative Thoughts and Final Discussion (16.00-17.30)
Information:
Rocio Da Riva
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Barcelona
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