Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xxi, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and ... new archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, [the author] sets out to discover the ancient civilization of Bactria ... covers two centuries of Bactria's history, from its colonization by remnants of Alexander the Great's army to the kingdom's collapse following a devastating series of nomadic invasions"--Jacket.

Series statement

1. Hellenistic culture and society ; 53
2. The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Uniform title

1. Hellenistic culture and society ; 53.
2. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Subject

1. Eucratides, the Great, active 170 B.C.-145 B.C
2. To 1500
3. Greeks > Afghanistan > History > To 1500
4. Coins, Greek > Bactria
5. Coins, Greek > Afghanistan
6. Antiquities
7. Civilization
8. Coins, Greek
9. Greeks
10. Münze
11. Numismatik
12. Gesellschaft
13. Archäologie
14. Mynt > historia
15. Fornlämningar
16. Hellenismen
17. Bactria > Civilization
18. Bactria > Antiquities
19. Afghanistan > Civilization
20. Afghanistan > Antiquities
21. Afghanistan
22. Asia > Bactria
23. Hellenobaktrisches Reich

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction: A Lost Civilization -- The Adventure Begins -- A Dangerous Game -- The Gold Colossus -- Telling Tales -- Wanted -- One Greek City -- Letters Here and There -- A Perfect Storm -- A New Beginning -- Coins and the Collapse of Civilization -- Conclusion: The Lost World of the Golden King.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.