The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India
By: Getzel M. Cohen
Series: Hellenistic culture and society -- 54
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780520273825
Subjects: Colonies; Ancient Cities and towns; History
Description: This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and Macedonian culture spread deep into Asia, with colonists settling as far away as Bactria and India. In this book, Cohen provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the Graeco-Macedonian settlements founded (or refounded) in the East. Organized geographically, Cohen pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects, making a distinct contribution to ongoing questions and opening new avenues of inquiry. _"A monumental compendium. . . . [It] will become a standard reference work for the next generation of Hellenistic historians; it can also serve as a model for the distillation and presentation of a massive, scattered, and difficult body of evidence and scholarship on one of the most difficult, but surely most important, aspects of Hellenistic civilization."-Bryn Mawr Clasical Review.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.