TY - BOOK AU - LaBuff,Jeremy TI - Polis expansion and elite power in Hellenistic Karia T2 - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World SN - 9781498514002 AV - DS156.C33 L33 2015eb U1 - 939/.24 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - City-states KW - Greece KW - History KW - Hellenism KW - Cités-États KW - Grèce KW - Histoire KW - Hellénisme KW - aat KW - HISTORY KW - Ancient KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Civilization KW - Elite KW - gnd KW - Expansionspolitik KW - Hellenismus KW - Polis KW - Caria KW - Carie (Région ancienne) KW - Civilisation KW - Turkey KW - Karien KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the implications of sympoliteia for the political identity of the Hellenistic polis -- Histories of Karia -- The sympoliteiai of Karia -- Finding elite activity & motivation : a prosopographical analysis -- Conclusion N2 - "This book synthesizes the history of Hellenistic Karia and offers new interpretations for the motives behind cases of sympoliteia, or the merging of city-states, in the region. This study presents new readings of inscriptional evidence, nuancing our understanding of the dynamics of democracy in the Hellenistic period"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1135573 ER -