{"id":212837,"date":"2019-04-23T15:39:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=212837"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:31:09","slug":"meeting-on-ancient-world-to-cover-syria-carthage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/meeting-on-ancient-world-to-cover-syria-carthage\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting on ancient world to cover Syria, Carthage"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Syria, Carthage, Egypt and Mesopotamia will be in discussion during the 2nd International Meeting on Language in the Ancient World: Globalization and Cultural Interactions<\/em><\/a>. The event will run from June 11 to 14 at the \u2018Valley Campus\u2019 of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The Syrian-born, Brazilian-based Ayman Esmandar (pictured<\/em>), who holds baccalaureate and master\u2019s degrees in Fine Arts and a doctorate in Art History from Damascus University, will be one of the lecturers.<\/p>\n

At 5:30pm on June 14, the Syrian scholar will sit on the panel Visions from Abroad: East and West<\/em>. He will give an overview of Syria\u2019s history, its empires and reigns, from the third millennium BC to the present. \u201cIt can provide a very clear picture of what\u2019s going on nowadays,\u201d he said, stressing that History reveals a great deal about the future of a nation.<\/p>\n

June 13, 7pm will see Esmandar deliver the lecture \u201cCarthage and the seeds of globalization in the Ancient World,\u201d on the Phoenician maritime empire, whose main base was Carthage \u2013 currently part of Tunisia. According to Esmandar, it was the Phoenicians who laid down the rules of trade in the Ancient World. As a case in point, he mentions that there used to be a seven- to eight-story building \u2013 which wasn\u2019t common then \u2013 in the Byrsa neighborhood, from where they would regulate gold and silver prices.<\/p>\n

Esmandar relates that some of the rules for trade are still in existence. The Phoenician rule lasted the 7th<\/sup> to the 2nd<\/sup> century BC. During that time, they used to have 300 trade entrepots across Northern Africa and Southern Europe, whose job was to give support to ships and sell goods. That was tantamount to a globalization of sorts.<\/p>\n

Besides Esmandar, other speakers will touch on former or current Arabs. The life of Syria\u2019s J\u00falia Domna, a Roman empress from the 3rd<\/sup> century AD, will be covered in a lecture on June 13 by Sem\u00edramis Corsi, a professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Also on the 13th<\/sup>, Margaret Bakos, of the Londrina State University (UEL), will tell short stories about Ancient Egypt, and Katia Maria Paim Pozzer of UFRGS will speak on Mesopotamian art.<\/p>\n

The event will be the statewide meeting of the Ancient History workgroup from the Rio Grande do Sul chapter of the National History Association (Anuph) Myriad aspects of Antiquity will be in discussion, including history, archaeology, Zoroastrianism (an ancient Persian religion) in connection with Afro-Brazilian religion, and the religious principles of Greek society, Rome and Universal History, and political rhetoric in contemporary Brazil, the Roman Empire of Tiberius, the culture of Iran\u2019s Jiroft civilization, etc.<\/p>\n

Speakers from various universities will be featured, including the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) and the Federal University of the Pampa (Unipampa), UFRGS, UEL and UFSM. Also featured will be Fran\u00e7ois Desset, who\u2019s active at the University of Tehran, Iran and at the National Centre for Science Research (CNRS) in France.<\/p>\n

Organizers said the goal is to bring together specialists on multiple fields and civilizations that make up the multifaceted scenario of the Ancient World, whose trade, diplomacy and art, often in connection with imperial rule, birthed a historical configuration that current peoples have inherited. Though intended for academia, the meeting is open to the general public and free of charge.<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> International Meeting on Language in the Ancient World: Globalization and Cultural Interactions
\nJune 11-14, 2019, 2pm-9pm
\nCampus do Vale \u2013 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
\nAvenida Bento Gon\u00e7alves, 9.500 \u2013 Porto Alegre \u2013 RS
\nFree of charge
\nFind out more<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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