The land of the elephant kings : space, territory, and ideology in the Seleucid Empire /

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 naturaliz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kosmin, Paul J., 1984-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
333 B.C.-634 A.D
Seleucids.
Séleucides.
HISTORY > Civilization.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Seleucids
Syria > History > 333 B.C.-634 A.D.
Syrie > Histoire > 333 av. J.-C.-634.
Syria
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Border
  • India: diplomacy and ethnography at the Mauryan frontier
  • Central Asia: nomads, ocean, and the desire for line
  • Part II. Homeland
  • Macedonia: from center to periphery
  • Syria: diasporic imperialism
  • Interlude: the Kingdom of Asia
  • Part III. Movement
  • Arrivals and departures
  • The circulatory system
  • Part IV. Colony
  • King makes city
  • City makes king.

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