Rachel Mairs
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780520281271
- eISBN:
- 9780520959545
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520281271.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
The city of Ai Khanoum, in eastern Bactria, present-day north-eastern Afghanistan, is the best known of Bactria's urban centres – and the only one which has been subject to sustained archaeological ...
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The city of Ai Khanoum, in eastern Bactria, present-day north-eastern Afghanistan, is the best known of Bactria's urban centres – and the only one which has been subject to sustained archaeological excavation. The architecture and material culture from Ai Khanoum displays diverse cultural influences, from Greece, Persia, India, Iran and Central Asia. Using evidence from the city's administrative quarter and temples, this chapter argues for a more holistic approach to studying Ai Khanoum and its inhabitants, one which reflects the subtle and complex negotiations of culture and ethnicity which took place there in the Hellenistic period.Less
The city of Ai Khanoum, in eastern Bactria, present-day north-eastern Afghanistan, is the best known of Bactria's urban centres – and the only one which has been subject to sustained archaeological excavation. The architecture and material culture from Ai Khanoum displays diverse cultural influences, from Greece, Persia, India, Iran and Central Asia. Using evidence from the city's administrative quarter and temples, this chapter argues for a more holistic approach to studying Ai Khanoum and its inhabitants, one which reflects the subtle and complex negotiations of culture and ethnicity which took place there in the Hellenistic period.
Rachel Mairs
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780520281271
- eISBN:
- 9780520959545
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520281271.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
This book explores the archaeological and epigraphic evidence for Greek colonies in Central Asia in the Hellenistic period, in the aftermath of the campaigns of Alexander the Great. In communities ...
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This book explores the archaeological and epigraphic evidence for Greek colonies in Central Asia in the Hellenistic period, in the aftermath of the campaigns of Alexander the Great. In communities such as the Graeco-Bactrian city of Ai Khanoum, the descendents of colonists interacted with their neighbours, and created dynamic new cultures and identities. Utilising a wide range of sources – documentary texts, inscriptions, archaeological remains, coins, Chinese and Greek historical writings - this work arguesLess
This book explores the archaeological and epigraphic evidence for Greek colonies in Central Asia in the Hellenistic period, in the aftermath of the campaigns of Alexander the Great. In communities such as the Graeco-Bactrian city of Ai Khanoum, the descendents of colonists interacted with their neighbours, and created dynamic new cultures and identities. Utilising a wide range of sources – documentary texts, inscriptions, archaeological remains, coins, Chinese and Greek historical writings - this work argues
