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Economics 315

Wednesday, January 23

Paestum and Amalfi

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Today we travel to Paestum, site of a 6th century B.C. Greek settlement in Magna Graecia.  Then its on to Amalfi, Italy's first Maritime Republic and trading powerhouse of the 10th century.

Discussion Articles

Bullitt, Orville H., Search for Sybaris (1971) London
Ch. 6, Ch. 7, Ch. 8

Citarella, Armand O., “The Relations of Amalfi with the Arab World Before the Crusades,” Speculum (1967)

Citarella, Armand O., “Patterns in Medieval Trade: The Commerce of Amalfi before the Crusades,” Journal of Economic History 28 (Dec. 1968), 531-555.

Lane, Frederic C., "The Economic Meaning of the Invention of the Compass," The American Historical Review Vol. 68, No. 3 (Apr., 1963), 605-617.


Links

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Amalfi history

History and map of Magna Graecia

The University of Texas excavations at Metaponto.  Includes a good description of Greek colonization in Southern Italy and a map

A timeline and map of Greek colonization in the  Mediterranean from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.