The Land of the Elephant Kings
Author | : Paul J. Kosmin |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2014-04-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674728820 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674728823 |
Rating | : 4/5 (823 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Land of the Elephant Kings by : Paul J. Kosmin
Download or read book The Land of the Elephant Kings written by Paul J. Kosmin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking in the bulk of Alexander the Great's Asian conquests, the Seleucid Empire encompassed remarkable ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity; yet it did not include Macedonia, the dynasty's ancestral homeland. Paul Kosmin shows how rulers over lands to which they had no historic claim transformed the territory into a coherent space.