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Ethnicity is a social construct within an ideological framework, ancient or modern. This wisdom has penetrated most scholarly disciplines, but its reception is delayed in Black Sea studies, where essentialist views still prevail. Nationalism, Rostovtzeff's culture-history and Marxist-Leninist materialism have cast longer shadows on this part of the ancient world. Likewise, the balance between documentary sources and ancient literature needs redressing. The latter has often been either accepted in a positivist manner or rejected due to perceived inconsistencies. More rewarding is to try to understand what exactly the ancient authors knew or intended. In this light, the contributors discuss the concept of Sarmatization, the implications of rural versus urban cults, ethnic hierarchies, interaction patterns in colonial settings, inversions of barbarian stereotypes, cultural affiliations of Bosporan kings, imperial policies of Pharnakes I and II, foreign princes on the Ara Pacis Augustae, the reorganization of Pontos under Pompey and Deiotaros, the sanctuary of Leukothea in Kolchis, Christian urbanism in Scythia Minor and crop selections of Anatolian farmers. Though selective, the e-book covers the four coastlines of the Black Sea, ranging from the archaic to the Byzantine periods.

E-books --- Mer et civilisation. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Civilisation --- Géographie --- Mer Noire --- Histoire. --- (Produktform)Electronic book text --- Anacharsis --- Ara Pacis Augustae (procession friezes) --- Aspurgos --- Augustus --- Bosporan Kingdom --- Colchis --- Greek colonialism --- Heinz Heinen --- Hellenization --- Herodotos --- Herodotus --- Histria --- Kolchis --- Leukothea in Kolchis --- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa --- Marxist-Leninist materialism --- Michael Rostowzew --- Mikhail Rostovtzeff --- Mithradates VI Eupator --- Mithridates VI Eupator --- Mtsvane Kontskhi --- Olbia --- Pantikapaion --- Paphlagonia --- Peace of Apameia --- Persianism --- Pharnaces I of Pontos --- Pharnaces II of the Bosporos --- Pharnakes I of Pontos --- Pharnakes II of the Bosporos --- Phasis --- Pompeius Magnus --- Pompey Magnus --- Pontos --- Pontos Euxeinos --- Pontus --- Roman Empire --- Roman Imperialism --- Russian historiography --- Sarmatians --- Sarmatization --- Scyles --- Scythia Minor --- Scythians --- Skyles --- Strabo's Geography --- Tomis --- ancient Asia Minor --- ancient Black Sea --- ancient Christian urbanism --- ancient Iranians --- ancient climate change and crop selection --- ancient farming --- barbarian stereotypes --- cultural identity --- ethnic constructs --- ethnic hierarchies --- ethnic identity --- ethnicity --- historical geography --- king Deiotaros --- king Deiotarus --- maritime goddess --- noble barbarian --- queen Dynamis --- rural cults --- (VLB-WN)9553