The Hellenistic Far East [electronic resource] : archaeology, language, and identity in Greek Central Asia / Rachel Mairs.
2014
DS328 .M24 2014eb
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The Hellenistic Far East [electronic resource] : archaeology, language, and identity in Greek Central Asia / Rachel Mairs.
Author
Mairs, Rachel, author.
ISBN
9780520281271
9780520959545 electronic book
9780520959545 electronic book
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations, maps
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DS328 .M24 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
958/.01
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.