| Author: | Paul J. Kosmin | ISBN: | 9780674416178 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul J. Kosmin |
| ISBN: | 9780674416178 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
