The Hellenistic Far East : Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia.

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Author / Creator:	Mairs, Rachel, author.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Subject:	Greeks -- Asia, Central -- Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Asia, Central. Cities and towns, Ancient -- Asia, Central. Garrisons -- Asia, Central -- History -- To 1500. Group identity -- Asia, Central -- History. Social archaeology -- Asia, Central. Antiquities. Cities and towns, Ancient. Excavations (Archaeology) Garrisons. Greeks -- Antiquities. Group identity. Language and languages. Social archaeology. Asia, Central -- Antiquities. Ay Khānom (Afghanistan) -- Antiquities. Bactria -- Antiquities. Asia, Central -- Languages -- History. Afghanistan -- Ay Khānom. Asia -- Bactria. Central Asia. Electronic books. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015650

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ISBN:	9780520959545 052095954X 0520281276 9780520281271 9780520281271
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century B.C., 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 in 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.
Other form:	Print version: Mairs, Rachel. Hellenistic Far East. Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014 9780520281271

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