The land of the elephant kings : space, territory, and ideology in the Seleucid Empire /
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| Author / Creator: | Kosmin, Paul J., 1984- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014] |
| Description: | xv, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9990696 |
Table of Contents:
- List. of Maps
- List. of Illustrations
- List. at Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. Border
- 1. India-Diplomacy and Ethnography at the Mauryan Frontier
- 2. Central Asia-Nomads, Ocean, and the Desire for Line
- II. Homeland
- 3. Macedonia-From Center to Periphery
- 4. Syria-Diasporic Imperialism
- Interlude-The Kingdom of Asia
- III. Movement
- 5. Arrivals and Departures
- 6. The Circulatory System
- IV. Colony
- 7. King Makes City
- 8. City Makes King
- Conclusion
- Appendix: On the Date of Megasthenes' Indica
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index
