Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"This book recounts the influence of Greek communities and their culture across Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through the rise of Islam."--Provided by publisher.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Greece and the east: beginnings.
Eastern origins ;
Greeks going east --
Greeks and Achaemenid Persia.
The confrontation ;
Greeks in the Persian Empire ;
The view from home ;
The view from Homeric heritage --
Greeks and Alexander "the Great."
The invasion of the Persian Empire ;
Into Asia ;
The Hellenistic heritage: 3rd to 1st centuries BC --
The new Greek kingdoms in the east.
The kingdoms ;
Their cities and art ;
Their coinage --
Greeks and their arts in Central Asia.
Greeks and nomads: Scythians, Sarmatians ;
The Yuehzhi and Tillya Tepe ;
The farther east --
Greeks and their arts in India.
The Mauryans and Buddhism ;
The Sunga dynasty ;
Taxila and Gandhara ;
Greek and/or Roman - a memo ;
The "Gandhara style" in sculpture --
Greeks, Romans, Parthians and Sasanians: before Islam --
Epilogue: myth, history and archeology.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?May 25, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 19, 2019 | Created by MARC Bot | import new book |