The land of the elephant kings: space, territory, and ideology in the Seleucid Empire
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 depar...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Seleucid Empire
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Syria
History 333 B.C.-634 A.D
B Seleucids B Syria History 333 B.C.-634 A.D |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 369 - 405 |
| Physical Description: | XV, 423 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0674986881 |