The Hellenistic Far East
Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 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 Bibliography Index
Autoren-Porträt von Rachel Mairs
Rachel Mairs is Lecturer in Classics at Reading University and the author of The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rachel Mairs
- 2014, 228 Seiten, Maße: 15,6 x 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: University of California Press
- ISBN-10: 0520281276
- ISBN-13: 9780520281271
- Erscheinungsdatum: 02.12.2014
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Englisch
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