Treasures from the Oxus : the art and civilization of Central Asia /

In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries central to Achaemenid and later Persian power. But, as the author shows, it has a prehistory which goes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vidale, Massimo (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ricciardi, Valerio (Fotógrafo)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
Temas:
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Antiquities
Archäologie
Bronzezeit
Funde
Kultur
Asia, Central > Antiquities.
Amu Darya > Antiquities.
Asia, Central > History.
Asie centrale > Histoire.
Asia > Amu Darya
Central Asia
Amu-Darja-Gebiet
Baktrien
Margiana
Oxus-Tempel > Tacht-e Sangin
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rise of a system of power
  • Unbroken evolution
  • The elites in life and death
  • Contacts with other regions and the Indus
  • Intricacy of craft technologies
  • Shadows of lost beliefs
  • Form of government, administration, writing
  • Collapse
  • The mysterious 'Bactrain princesses'
  • On the tracks of a 'man-dragon': the balafrés.

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