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Offering an overview of the phenomenon of illicit trafficking of cultural properties, this book serves as a reference point for governments, enforcement agencies, international organizations, stakeholders, and civil societies. The geographic focus is the Arab World: the countries in the Middle East, Gulf of Arabia, Horn of Africa and North Africa.
Cultural property --- Destruction and pillage --- Protection
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Angola --- History --- Civil war, .1975 --- Destruction and pillage --- Angola - History - Civil War, 1975- - Destruction and pillage.
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Cultural property --- Libraries --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Repatriation --- Destruction and pillage --- History --- Destruction and pillage
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Classical antiquities --- Smuggling --- Destruction and pillage --- Prevention. --- IS (Organization) --- Finance.
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World War, 1939-1945 --- Claims. --- Destruction and pillage
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"Plundering and taking home precious objects from a defeated enemy was a widespread activity in the Greek and Hellenistic-Roman world. In this volume literary critics, historians and archaeologists join forces in investigating this phenomenon in terms of appropriation and cultural change. In-depth interpretations of famous ancient spoliations, like that of the Greeks after Plataea or the Romans after the capture of Jerusalem, reveal a fascinating paradox: while the material record shows an eager incorporation of new objects, the texts display abhorrence of the negative effects they were thought to bring along. As this volume demonstrates, both reactions testify to the crucial innovative impact objects from abroad may have"--
Classical antiquities --- Art thefts --- Destruction and pillage --- Rome --- Greece --- Historiography.
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Reconstruction (1939-1951) --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Destruction and pillage
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- Atrocities. --- Destruction and pillage.
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