Beschreibung:
Recounting the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam, this book examines a wealth of art and artifacts as well as literary sources to reveal the remarkable influence of Greek culture.
1. Greece and the east: beginnings . 2. Greeks and Achaemenid Persia; 3. Greeks and Alexander 'the Great' . 4. The new Greek kingdoms in the east . 5. Greeks and their arts in Central Asia . 6: Greeks and their arts in India . 7. Greeks, Romans, Parthians and Sasanians: before Islam; Epilogue: myth, history and archaeology