Umfang:
xiii, 231 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
0520281276
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9780520281271
Serie:
The John Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Inhalt:
"In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria (modern-day Afghanistan) and into India. Over the next three hundred years, these settlements evolved into multiethnic, multilingual communities as much Greek as they were indigenous. To explore the lives and identities of the inhabitants of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, Rachel Mairs marshals a variety of evidence, from archaeology, to coins, to documentary and historical texts. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site from Central Asia, Mairs explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Significant and original, The Hellenistic Far East will highlight Bactrian studies as an important part of our understanding of the ancient world."
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographica l references and index
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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments -- A Note on Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Administering Bactria : From Achaemenid Satrapy to Graeco-Bactrian State -- 2. Ai Khanoum -- 3. Self-Representation in the Inscriptions of Sophytos (Arachosia) and Heliodoros (India) -- 4. Waiting for the Barbarians : The Fall of Greek Bactria -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Greek Documents.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520959545
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Mairs, Rachel, 1981 - The Hellenistic Far East Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014 ISBN 9780520281271
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Hellenobaktrisches Reich
;
Indogriechisches Reich
;
Geschichte 400 v. Chr.-300 v. Chr.
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Ai Khanum
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Ausgrabung
