ALEXANDER THE GREAT; IN THE REALM OF EVERGETǼS
, 2015 Sistan, in the eastern half of Iran, is one of the most important archaeological regions from where archaeological sites belonging to the Bronze Age onwards have recovered in abundance.
Mehrafarin, Reza
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Cherchez la femme: Power and Female Agency in Bactriaat the dawn of the Hellenistic Age
Karanos, 2020 Due prominently to the scanty nature of evidence on the ground attesting to an imperial presence which, however, historiographical sources claim to have been real and lasting over time, the satrapy of Bactria (roughly embracing northeastern Afghanistan ...
Marco Ferrario
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Genetic continuity of Indo-Iranian speakers since the Iron Age in southern Central Asia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Guarino-Vignon P +4 more
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Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Early Seleucids
This book offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of the ideology of kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids. It explores key issues thematically such as legitimation, representations of empire and
Stephen Harrison
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Genetic Continuity of Bronze Age Ancestry with Increased Steppe-Related Ancestry in Late Iron Age Uzbekistan. [PDF]
Mol Biol Evol, 2021 Kumar V +18 more
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The Persian royal tent and ceremonial of Alexander the Great
, 2017 From 330 b.c. Alexander transformed his court by adopting a number of court personnel and practices from the Achaemenids. This included the adoption by the king of a mixed Persian and Macedonian royal costume, proskynēsis, Persian spear-bearers and ...
Collins, Andrew W.
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The End of History and the Last King: Achaemenid Ideology and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah
, 2021 This book examines community identity in the post-exilic temple community in Ezra-Nehemiah, and explores the possible influences that the Achaemenids, the ruling Persian dynasty, might have had on its construction.
Janzen, David
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Building barbarian belief: religion, nomos, and tolerance in Herodotus' Histories
, 2011 This thesis demonstrates that Herodotus employed a coherent and consistent underlying theology which is visible in religious interactions of different ethnic groups.
Christopher Michael. Weimer
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Ancient Cities and Fortresses of Northern Bactria
Археология евразийских степейAncient Bactria held a significant place in the history of the peoples of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and India. This country encompassed the southern parts of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, as well as the northern regions of Afghanistan.
Saypulla N. Tursunov +2 more
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From the Achaemenids to Alexander
, 2016 History of the Achaemenid presence in Turkmenistan from Cyrus II the Great to Alexander the ...
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