Insights on Eastern Hellenistic Historical and Archaeological Material Culture of the Oikoumene: Globalisation and Local Socio-Cultural Identities

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

• some inconsistencies between the ancient globalisation as a form of modernisation on the one hand and the subaltern agencies, on the other. Something should be said about post-colonial archaeology in the first two segments in order to solve this issue (suggested authors Chris Gosden, Michael Dietler, Richard Hingley). For example: rows 120-126 seem very traditional as if all the local cultures simply became Greek-like and consequently 'modern' while in the following segments the focus is on the local agencies and their different perspectives about globalisation and interrelations.

• the formulation "Process of Hellenistic Oikumene" is vague and a reader could get confused about how it is a process.  I think the author should simply use the traditional term - 'Hellenisation' instead, or consistently use "the process of Hellenistic globalisation and localisation"  
• (rows 253-254) The first cities founded by Philip II and Alexander were in European Thrace (see Z. Archibald Ancient Economies of the Northern Aegean: Fifth to First Centuries BC. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013)
• maybe some of the architectural forms should be illustrated, if possible

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Reviewer 2 Report

1) This paper appears to be an interesting contribution to research on ‘Eastern Hellenistic Historical & Archaeological material Culture of the Oikoumene’;

 

2) However, to improve its academic and scientific value and make it suitable for the international peer-reviewed journal Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408), there are several spell checking, formatting and writing issues that must be addressed by the authors. See, for instance, the “examples” listed below (underlined text):

• Line 51, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘By a rabid analysis of the Hellenistic world’;
• Lines 65-66, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘However, Aristotle's, who educated Alexander as a young man, influence Alexander is marked in campaign’;
• Lines 71-72, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘Meanwhile, Aristotle thought that an ideal government consisted of citizens whose ethics and education is adequate’;
• Lines 94-95, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘Meanwhile, the Middle East region became a battlefield where his Diadochoi, the Seleucids and Ptolemies fought for supremacy’;
• Lines 137-144, IMPROVE WORDING: this last paragraph should be better articulated with the previous text; a ‘linking word’ seems to be missing: ‘The research focuses on the Hellenistic Middle East, especially the Ptolemaic Alexandrian and Seleucids influence age. (…) In addition, the transfer of goods, culture, and ideas has transformed Middle eastern cities and shaped their translocal culture conception (…) in the Hellenistic period.’;
• Line 183, CHECK TYPO: ‘a worrying 'crisis of democracy'. ???globalisation is’;
• Lines 190-193. IMPROVE WORDING: ‘This is because the Hellenistic period economy combined with some new technological inventions impacted the economy,  grew immensely in scale in the Near Eastern cities, and social and economic changes ???that had already occurred during the Classical period’;
• Line 196, CHECK FOR A POSSIBLE ‘EXTRA’ PERIOD:‘the 2nd-century BCE. to the end of the 2nd-century ACE [24].’;
• Lines 196-197, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘Furthermore, Marvin Morris [25](p.1) ???realise the Hellenistic world as’;
• Lines 220-221, CHECK WORDING: ‘The local populations incorporated the changing reality into their mode of expression interpreted it from their local perspective.’;
• Lines 266-268, CHECK WORDING: ‘Alexander and what his Successors made of him lie not only at the heart of the impact of Macedon in the art of Central Asia [37](p.)380 and art, the architecture used to demarcate and integrate the urban built environment planning cultural sharing.’;
• Line 296, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘However, Stavrou [32](p.226) explain that the Hellenistic kings’;
• Lines 329-330, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘that the local languages were "the most spoken ones, remaining Greek been used as purely for administrative purposes’;
• Line 355, CHECK TYPO AND ENGLISH: ‘???Words [21](p.6) conclude??? that we should see Syrians in the’;
• Lines 374-375, CHECK FOR A POSSIBLE MISSING ‘bracket/parenthesis’: ‘Hellenic culture allowed them obtained significant advantages ??? (local autonomy and entrance into a unified elite that spanned the entire power empire [21](6).’;
• Lines 410-411, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘Plentiful coins originated from Hellenistic times culture was kept in production by the Romans but was adapted to the Roman culture. Paffen [39](p.20) conclude that’;
• Lines 416-417, CHECK FOR A POSSIBLE ‘EXTRA’ PERIOD: ‘he continued minting coinage under the name of his father. According to Paffen [39] (p.18). Since then,’;
• Line 445, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘Roman Provincial cities used themes they were already to in Hellenistic times’;
• Line 461, CHECK ENGLISH AND A POSSIBLE ‘EXTRA’ PERIOD: ‘Paffen [39](p.56) ???.conclude??? that after the Roman occupation, coin production’;
• Figure 1., CAPTION, CHECK FOR A POSSIBLE MISSING ‘bracket/parenthesis’: ‘Model of the relation between different cultures and coin-theme inspiration ???(after Paffen [39](p.59).’;
• Lines 585-587, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘As known, craw-step/ stepped merlon crenellations are not Hellenic in origin, and it is an iconic Near Eastern decoration of antiquity and a signature architectural decoration of Mesopotamia’;
• Lines 591-592, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘doorways and craw-step as iconic Near Eastern decoration exists Hellenism which combines all these architectural systems on one Nabataean architectural façade.’;
• Line 603, CHECK THE CORRECT SPELLING FOR: ‘a "Global- localisation" or Glolocal paradigm’; see also lines 647 (‘Glolocl paradigm’), 885 (‘paradigm of the "Glocal"’), 890 (‘the "Glocal" paradigm’) and 891 (‘Hellenistic Globalisation and localisation, or Glocal);
• Line 627, CHECK TYPOS: ‘East" (Word, 2017, 4) )??? [21](p.4).’; as a good example, see line 641: ‘Nonetheless, Wards [21] (p.6) summarised that’;
• Lines 815-816, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘technological inventions, which has a stimulating effect that grew immensely in scale and socio-cultural in the Eastern cities.’;
• Lines 816-818, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘It may further be pointed out here that the modern idea and the roots of globalisation has a strong historical connection to the Hellenisation that defined the Hellenistic Age’;
• Lines 825-826, CHECK ENGLISH: ‘However, the degree of integration/ assimilation and mutual influences was not the same in every part of the Hellenistic world’;
• Lines 897-902 and 923-927, CHECK FOR REPEATED TEXT;
• REFERENCES: Check Formatting Rules.

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