The Illyrians (Peoples of Europe) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Illyrians For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians.
Full description- Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS
- Published: 17 January 1996
- Format: Paperback 384 pages
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- Categories: Social & Cultural Anthropology | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780631198079 ISBN 10: 0631198075
- Sales rank: 941,269
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Full description for The Illyrians
For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. This book, now available in paperback, draws upon the considerable archaeological evidence that has become available since the Second World War to provide an account of the origins, culture, history and legacy of the Illyrians. John Wilkes describes the geography of Illyria and surveys the region in the prehistoric, Greek, Roman and medieval periods. He discusses Illyrian art, material, culture, religion and customs. A chapter examines the Illyrian language, of which little trace survives, and its connection with other Indo--European languages. Professor Wilkes also scrutinizes the linguistic evidence for the Illyriansa relatedness to other peoples -- Thracian, Italic, Greek and Celtic. He concludes with a discussion of a possible survival of an Illyrian native culture in the Roman and Byzantine periods.
