Kingdom of Snow
Subtitle: Roman Rule and Greek Culture in Cappadocia
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780812236811
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Cultural studies; BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; Cappadocia (Turkey); Rome; History: World; ASIA; Ancient Rome; Turkey; Ancient - General; Administration; Cappadocian Fathers; History; Provinces; Roman provinces
First sentence: The highlands of ancient Cappadocia had consistently been a peripheral region, on the geographical edges of the lowlands and coastal regions where great civilizations and cultures flourished, on the political margins of the grand empires.