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The land of the elephant kings : space, territory, and ideology in the Seleucid Empire
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- Creator
- Paul J. Kosmin
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014]
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- xv, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674416163, 0674416171, 9780674416161, 9780674416178, 9780674728820, 0674728823
- OCLC
- ocn880579536, ocn861478316, ocn900716697, ocn999371179
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-405) and index.
- Part I. Border -- India: diplomacy and ethnography at the Mauryan frontier -- Central Asia: nomads, ocean, and the desire for line -- Part II. Homeland -- Macedonia: from center to periphery -- Syria: diasporic imperialism -- Interlude: the Kingdom of Asia -- Part III. Movement -- Arrivals and departures -- The circulatory system -- Part IV. Colony -- King makes city -- City makes king