Lost World of the Golden King : In Search of Ancient Afghanistan.
Holt, Frank L.
Lost World of the Golden King : In Search of Ancient Afghanistan. - Berkerley : University of California Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (376 pages) - Hellenistic Culture and Society . - Hellenistic culture and society. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: A Lost Civilization; Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins: Checklist Numismatics; Chapter 2: A Dangerous Game: Framework Numismatics; Chapter 3: The Gold Colossus: Novelty Numismatics; Chapter 4: Telling Tales: Narrative Numismatics; Chapter 5: Wanted-One Greek City: Archaeology; Chapter 6: Letters Here and There: Epigraphy; Chapter 7: A Perfect Storm: Rescue and Revisionist Numismatics; Chapter 8: A New Beginning: Cognitive Numismatics. Chapter 9: Coins and the Collapse of Civilization: Cognitive NumismaticsConclusion: The Lost World of the Golden King; Notes; Select Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.
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 le.
English.
9780520953741 0520953746 (cloth ; acid-free paper) (cloth ; acid-free paper) 1283543206 9781283543200 9786613855657 6613855650
40021376390 10.1525/9780520953741 doi
22573/ctt1pjphp JSTOR 59255CCF-DE8D-466A-AB6F-5166C7B879BC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Eucratides, the Great, active 170 B.C.-145 B.C.
Eucratides, the Great, active 170 B.C.-145 B.C.
To 1500
Greeks--History--Afghanistan--To 1500.
Coins, Greek--Bactria.
Coins, Greek--Afghanistan.
Monnaies grecques--Afghānistān.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Coins, Greek.
Greeks.
Münze
Numismatik
Gesellschaft
Archäologie
Mynt--historia.
Fornlämningar.
Hellenismen.
Bactria--Civilization.
Bactria--Antiquities.
Afghanistan--Civilization.
Afghanistan--Antiquities.
Afghānistān--Antiquités.
Afghanistan.
Asia--Bactria.
Hellenobaktrisches Reich
Electronic books.
History.
DS374.B28 H655 2012
939.6
Lost World of the Golden King : In Search of Ancient Afghanistan. - Berkerley : University of California Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (376 pages) - Hellenistic Culture and Society . - Hellenistic culture and society. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: A Lost Civilization; Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins: Checklist Numismatics; Chapter 2: A Dangerous Game: Framework Numismatics; Chapter 3: The Gold Colossus: Novelty Numismatics; Chapter 4: Telling Tales: Narrative Numismatics; Chapter 5: Wanted-One Greek City: Archaeology; Chapter 6: Letters Here and There: Epigraphy; Chapter 7: A Perfect Storm: Rescue and Revisionist Numismatics; Chapter 8: A New Beginning: Cognitive Numismatics. Chapter 9: Coins and the Collapse of Civilization: Cognitive NumismaticsConclusion: The Lost World of the Golden King; Notes; Select Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.
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 le.
English.
9780520953741 0520953746 (cloth ; acid-free paper) (cloth ; acid-free paper) 1283543206 9781283543200 9786613855657 6613855650
40021376390 10.1525/9780520953741 doi
22573/ctt1pjphp JSTOR 59255CCF-DE8D-466A-AB6F-5166C7B879BC OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Eucratides, the Great, active 170 B.C.-145 B.C.
Eucratides, the Great, active 170 B.C.-145 B.C.
To 1500
Greeks--History--Afghanistan--To 1500.
Coins, Greek--Bactria.
Coins, Greek--Afghanistan.
Monnaies grecques--Afghānistān.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Coins, Greek.
Greeks.
Münze
Numismatik
Gesellschaft
Archäologie
Mynt--historia.
Fornlämningar.
Hellenismen.
Bactria--Civilization.
Bactria--Antiquities.
Afghanistan--Civilization.
Afghanistan--Antiquities.
Afghānistān--Antiquités.
Afghanistan.
Asia--Bactria.
Hellenobaktrisches Reich
Electronic books.
History.
DS374.B28 H655 2012
939.6