Roads, Travel, and Time ‘Across Jordan' in Byzantine and Early Islamic Times

Beskrivelse

Roads, means of travel and travel times required to journey from one place to another in antiquity are essential components in assessing the political, cultural and economic history of a region. This paper reviews archaeological and documentary material detailing the major routes that crossed Jordan, the manner in which they were transversed, and the time required to travel over them in the period ca. 300-800 CE. In this post-Roman period, roadways took on new meaning as the needs of empire gave way to wider, and more self-defining, social and economic requirements of late antiquity and the early middle ages. These transformations and their implications are documented and assessed in this paper within a wider regional context.

Periode	24 maj 2007
Begivenhedstitel	Crossing Jordan. The 10th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan
Begivenhedstype	Konference
Konferencenummer	10
Arrangør	Department of Antiquities of Jordan, ACOR
Placering	Washington, DC, USAVis på kort