{"product_id":"the-hellenistic-far-east-9780520281271","title":"The Hellenistic Far East","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, this book explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scholars should be well satisfied with what is offered, and for any classicist the phenomenon of Indians or Central Asians writing good Greek verse with acrostic trimmings should be an incentive to read further around the subject.\" Common Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Abbreviations Introduction 1. Administering Bactria: From Achaemenid Satrapy to Graeco-Bactrian State  2. Ai Khanoum  3. Self-Representation in the Inscriptions of Sophytos (Arachosia) and Heliodoros (India)   4. Waiting for the Barbarians: The Fall of Greek Bactria  Conclusion  Appendix: Greek Documents   Bibliography   Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402868793687,"sku":"9780520281271","price":67.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hellenistic-far-east-9780520281271","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}