Author: H. G. RAWLINSONPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033006948
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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BACTRIA
Author: H. G. RAWLINSONPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033006948
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Bactria, the History of a Forgotten Empire
Author: Hugh George RawlinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Bactria
Author: Hugh George RawlinsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781594165733
Category : Bactria
Languages : en
Pages :
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Bactria
Author: H. G. RawlinsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780404052270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bactria, the History of Forgotten Empire
Author: Hugh George RawlinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bactria
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Bactria
Author: H. G. RawlinsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266394723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Excerpt from Bactria: The History of a Forgotten Empire I should, perhaps, add that as this work is intended for the general reader, the tiresome diacritical marks which are the fashion in Oriental Works have been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: The Cambridge Ancient History
Author: A. E. AstinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521234481
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Lost World of the Golden King
Author: Frank L. HoltPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520953746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, Frank L. Holt sets out to rediscover the ancient civilization of Bactria. In a gripping narrative informed by the author’s deep knowledge of his subject, this book covers two centuries of Bactria’s history, from its colonization by remnants of Alexander the Great’s army to the kingdom’s collapse at the time of a devastating series of nomadic invasions. Beginning with the few tantalizing traces left behind when the ‘empire of a thousand cities’ vanished, Holt takes up that trail and follows the remarkable and sometimes perilous journey of rediscovery. Lost World of the Ancient King describes how a single bit of evidence—a Greek coin—launched a search that drew explorers to the region occupied by the tumultuous warring tribes of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Afghanistan. Coin by coin, king by king, the history of Bactria was reconstructed using the emerging methodologies of numismatics. In the twentieth century, extraordinary ancient texts added to the evidence. Finally, one of the ‘thousand cities’ was discovered and excavated, revealing an opulent palace, treasury, temple, and other buildings. Though these great discoveries soon fell victim to the Afghan political crisis that continues today, this book provides a thrilling chronicle of the search for one of the world’s most enigmatic empires.