Thundering Zeus : the making of Hellenistic Bactria /

Thundering Zeus uses an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to resolve one of the greatest puzzles in all of Hellenistic history. This book explores the remarkable rise of a Greek-ruled kingdom in ancient Bactria (modern Afghanistan) during the third century B.C. Diodotus I and II, whose dynasty...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holt, Frank Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Colección:Hellenistic culture and society ; 32.
Temas:
Greeks > Bactria > History.
Coins, Greek > Bactria.
Numismatics.
Numismatics
Grecs > Bactriane > Histoire.
Monnaies grecques > Bactriane
Numismatique.
numismatics.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Coins, Greek
Greeks
Education
Hellenisme.
Muntvondsten.
Monnaies grecques > Bactriane.
Grecs > Bactriane.
Bactria > History.
Bactria > History > Study and teaching.
Bactriane > Histoire.
Bactriane > Histoire > Étude et enseignement.
Asia > Bactria
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Thundering Zeus uses an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to resolve one of the greatest puzzles in all of Hellenistic history. This book explores the remarkable rise of a Greek-ruled kingdom in ancient Bactria (modern Afghanistan) during the third century B.C. Diodotus I and II, whose dynasty emblazoned its coins with the dynamic image of Thundering Zeus, led this historic movement by breaking free of the Seleucid Empire and building a strong independent state in Central Asia. The chronology and crises that defined their reigns have been established here for the first time, and Frank Holt sets this new history into the larger context of Hellenistic studies. The best sources for understanding Hellenistic Bactria are archaeological, and they include a magnificent trove of coins. In addition to giving a history of Bactria, Thundering Zeus provides a catalog of these coins, as well as an introduction to the study of numismatics itself. Holt presents this fascinating material with the precision and acuity of a specialist and with the delight of an admirer, providing an up-to-date full catalog of known Diodotid coinage, and illustrating twenty-three coins.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and indexes.
ISBN:9780520920095
0520920090
058516035X
9780585160351

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