description: Located in what is now Southern Uzbekistan, Ancient Bactria was a pre-state culture flourishing in the Bronze Age. Ionesov (Samara State Academy of Culture and Arts, Russia) explores the archaeological early-urban findings of ancient Bactrian society as a window into the process of urbanization and the formation of primal state structures. He identifies clearly delineated stages of urban and state formation, including the formation of city-states and the eventual dispersal of power to dissipated fortified citadels in response to military threat from abroad. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Struggle Between Life and Death in Proto-Bactrian Culture: Ritual and Conflict
titlecomplete: Struggle Between Life and Death in Proto-Bactrian Culture: Ritual and Conflict (Mellen Studies, 5)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr