LEADER 02824nam 2200493 450 001 9910794666403321 005 20231110215013.0 010 $a90-04-46076-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011951048 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6636629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6636629 035 $a(OCoLC)1246676524 035 $a(PPN)256837724 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011951048 100 $a20220125d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEarly Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.) $eat the crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and central Asian history /$fMarek Jan Olbrycht 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, Massachusetts :$cBrill,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (395 pages) 225 1 $aMnemosyne, Supplements 311 $a90-04-46075-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom periphery to center: northeastern Iran and the Caspian-Aral region in the post-Achaemenid period -- Contesting Seleukid unity -- Seleukid Parthia-Hyrkania and the figure of Andragoras -- History in space: the locational geography of early Parthia -- Defectio Parthorum et Arsaces Rex: the emergence of Arsakid Parthia in literary sources -- Imperium Constitutum Est-achievements and challenges of Arsakes I -- Parthia from Arsakes II to Phraates I -- The early Arsakid coinage and concept of royal power -- An archaeological perspective of early Arsakid Parthia. 330 $a"In his new monograph Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.): At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History, Marek Jan Olbrycht explores the early history of the Arsakid Parthian state. Making use of literary and epigraphic evidence as well numismatic and archaeological sources, Olbrycht convincingly depicts how the Arsakid dynasty created a kingdom (248 B.C.-A.D. 226), small at first, which, within a century after its founding, came to dominate the Iranian Plateau and portions of Central Asia as well as Mesopotamia. The "Parthian genius" lay in the Arsakids' ability to have blended their steppe legacy with that of sedentary Iranians, and to have absorbed post-Achaemenid Iranian and Seleukid socio-economic, political, and cultural traditions"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aMnemosyne, Supplements 606 $aParthians 606 $aSeleucids 607 $aParthia$xHistory 615 0$aParthians. 615 0$aSeleucids. 676 $a939/.6 700 $aOlbrycht$b Marek J.$f1964-$01496559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794666403321 996 $aEarly Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.)$93721318 997 $aUNINA