A History of Cyprus

by George Hill, Harry Luke

Overview

Sir George Francis Hill (1867–1948), was perhaps best known as a numismatist, although his scholarly interests and accomplishments included a range of time periods and subjects. A classicist by training, Hill built his career at the British Museum's department of coins and medals. In his forty-three years there he produced volumes on coins of antiquity; Greek history and art; coins, heraldry, and iconography of medieval and Renaissance Italy; and treasure troves. In 1931 Hill became the Museum's director and principal librarian, the first archaeologist to hold this post. His four-volume History of Cyprus (1940–52) ranged from Cyprus's earliest years to the twentieth century, and became the standard text on the subject. It is a valuable resource for scholars of the country, of antiquity and of the Mediterranean world. Volume 4 (1571–1948) reviews Ottoman rule, and and evaluates the then contemporary British presence in Cyprus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108020657
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/23/2010
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - European History
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	700
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; List of illustrations and maps; List of books consulted; 1. The land; 2. The Stone Age; 3. The Bronze Age; 4. The religion of early Cyprus; 5. The Greek colonization; 6. Phoenicians, Assyrians and Egyptians; 7. From Cyrus to Alexander; 8. The successors; 9. The Ptolemies; 10. The arts in pre-Roman Cyprus; 11. The Roman province; 12. Byzantium and Islam; Addenda; Index.