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ai khanoum
alexander the great
alexandria on the oxus
ancient history
ancient people
ancient world
antiquity
archaeology
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bactria
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central asia
coins
conquests of alexander the great
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eucratidia
extensively excavated
graeco bactrian kingdoms
greece
greek empire
greek garrison
hellenistic period
india
indigenous peoples
indo greek kingdoms
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late fourth century
modern day afghanistan
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520292468
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2016
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
Rachel Mairs is Lecturer in Classics at Reading University and the author of The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey.
