| Description |
1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Oriens et occidens : Studien zu antiken Kulturkontakten und ihrem Nachleben, 1615-4517 ; Band 41 |
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Oriens et occidens ; Bd. 41.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Hellenism's great debates -- 3. Ai Khanum on the Oxus -- 4. Takht-i Sangin and the Oxus Temple -- 5. Old Nisa -- 6. Seleukeia on the Tigris -- 7. Hellenistic Babylon -- 8. Paradoxes of Hellenism -- 9. Towards a translocal approach -- 10. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"From Mesopotamia to Central Asia, regions in central Eurasia in the Hellenistic period are often viewed, presented, and imbued with meaning as 'places in between' -- cultural melting pots, resulting from a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures after Alexander the Great. Milinda Hoo critically explores scholarly understandings of cultural inbetweenness in the regions of Baktria, Parthia, and Babylonia in the third to first centuries BCE, focusing on the diverse ways in which the model of Hellenism has been used to make historical meaning out of eclectic material culture. The sites of Ai Khanum, Takht-i Sangin, Old Nisa, Seleukeia on the Tigris, and Babylon serve as core case studies to investigate perceptions of Hellenism in places that are considered culturally 'inbetween'. These form the foundation for a new translocal approach, based on globalization concepts, to better and more critically understand what we consider as Hellenism and localism in the East"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Revised thesis (doctoral)--Universität Kiel, 2018 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Milinda Hoo is a global and ancient historian. She earned her PhD at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel in 2018 and is currently Assistant Professor (Akademische Rätin auf Zeit) in the Department of Ancient History at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Hellenism.
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Hellenism.
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Civilization -- Greek influences
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Hellenism
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| SUBJECT |
Eurasia -- History -- To 1500
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Eurasia -- Civilization -- Greek influences
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| Subject |
Eurasia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783515133166 |
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351513316X |
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