The land of the elephant kings : space, territory, and ideology in the Seleucid Empire
| 1. Verfasser: |
Kosmin, Paul J., 1984-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2014.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xv, 423 p. : ill., maps. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Syria |
| Parallelausgabe: |
The land of the elephant kings : space, territory, and ideology in the Seleucid Empire. [Print] |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
| Online Zugang: |
Online available (Ebook Central) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
