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edocfu_9958352276702883
Format:
1 online resource(448p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. : Harvard University Press, 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780674416161
Content:
Based on recent archaeological evidence and ancient primary sources, Paul J. Kosmin’s multidisciplinary approach treats the Seleucid Empire as a land unified in imperial ideology and articulated by spatial practices. Kosmin uncovers how Seleucid geographers and ethnographers worked to naturalize the kingdom’s borders with India and Central Asia in ways that shaped Roman and later medieval understandings of "the East."
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Maps --
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Illustrations --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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PART I. Border --
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CHAPTER 1. India – Diplomacy and Ethnography at the Mauryan Frontier --
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CHAPTER 2. Central Asia – Nomads, Ocean, and the Desire for Line --
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PART II. Homeland --
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CHAPTER 3. Macedonia – From Center to Periphery --
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CHAPTER 4. Syria – Diasporic Imperialism --
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INTERLUDE: The Kingdom of Asia --
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PART III. Movement --
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CHAPTER 5. Arrivals and Departures --
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CHAPTER 6. The Circulatory System --
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PART IV. Colony --
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CHAPTER 7. King Makes City --
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CHAPTER 8. City Makes King --
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Conclusion --
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APPENDIX. NOTES. GLOSSARY. REFERENCES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX --
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APPENDIX: On the Date of Megasthenes’ Indica --
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Notes --
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Glossary --
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References --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/harvard.9780674416161
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674416161
