TY - BOOK ID - 52325681 TI - The Hellenistic Far East PY - 2014 SN - 0520292464 9780520292468 052095954X 9780520959545 0520281276 9780520281271 9780520281271 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Antiquities. KW - Archäologie. KW - Cities and towns, Ancient KW - Cities and towns, Ancient. KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Excavations (Archaeology). KW - Greeks KW - Greeks. KW - Group identity KW - Group identity. KW - Social archaeology KW - Social archaeology. KW - History. KW - Afghanistan KW - Asia KW - Asia, Central KW - Asia, Central. KW - Ay Khānom (Afghanistan) KW - Bactria KW - Ferner Osten. KW - Hellenobaktrisches Reich. KW - Indogriechisches Reich. KW - HISTORY / Ancient / General. KW - Garrisons KW - Ethnology KW - Mediterranean race KW - Geography, Ancient KW - Collective identity KW - Community identity KW - Cultural identity KW - Social identity KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Social psychology KW - Collective memory KW - Archaeology KW - History KW - Methodology KW - Ay Khānom (Afghanistan) KW - Aï Khanoum (Afghanistan) KW - Ai Khanum (Afghanistan) KW - Ay Khanum (Afghanistan) KW - Baktrii︠a︡-Tokharistan KW - Bactriane-Tokharistan KW - Bactriana KW - Zariaspa KW - Battriana KW - Central Asia KW - Soviet Central Asia KW - Tūrān KW - Turkestan KW - West Turkestan KW - Languages KW - ai khanoum. KW - alexander the great. KW - alexandria on the oxus. KW - ancient history. KW - ancient people. KW - ancient world. KW - antiquity. KW - archaeology. KW - bactria. KW - central asia. KW - coins. KW - conquests of alexander the great. KW - eucratidia. KW - extensively excavated. KW - graeco bactrian kingdoms. KW - greece. KW - greek empire. KW - greek garrison. KW - hellenistic period. KW - india. KW - indigenous peoples. KW - indo greek kingdoms. KW - late fourth century. KW - modern day afghanistan. KW - multi ethnic. KW - multi lingual. KW - urban site. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52325681 AB - 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. ER -