Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques

Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques

Author: Christine Fröhlich

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9782717723939

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Après avoir publié en 1991 le catalogue de ses monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, le département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France met un nouvel ouvrage de référence à la disposition des numismates, professionnels et amateurs, et plus largement, des historiens, en publiant son fonds de monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes constitué de 499 monnaies, toutes décrites et illustrées. Cette publication nous fait revivre l'histoire de l'Inde du Nord-Ouest, entre le début du siècle avant J.-C. et la fin du 1er siècle de notre ère. L'antique Gandhara, la région de Taxila, celles du Jammu (au sud-ouest du Cachemire) et du Sind (la basse vallée de l'Indus) ont vu se développer et disparaître ces dynasties. Les Indo-Scythes sont des souverains qui dépossèdent les rois indo-grecs des Paropamisades et du Gandhara dans la première moitié du 1er siècle avant J.-C., puis du Panjab occidental. Le territoire qu'ils contrôlaient représente grosso modo le Pakistan actuel. Les Indo-Parthes mirent un terme au royaume indo-scythe à la fin du ter siècle avant J.-C. C'est leur histoire qui nous est racontée par Christine Fröhlich, dans une longue introduction historique qui précède le catalogue propre, expliquant et justifiant ses attributions et sa chronologie. Avec ce volume, nous possédons enfin une synthèse qui apporte, sur les problèmes difficiles de la succession des rois, des suggestions que l'on jugera extrêmement vraisemblables. Même si Christine Fröhlich ne cache pas que de nouvelles découvertes pourraient modifier l'équilibre de son édifice, on se réjouira de pouvoir désormais disposer d'un ouvrage de référence sur cette période.


The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires

The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires

Author: Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2016-08-30

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 1785702084

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Although much of the primary information about the Parthian period comes from coins, there has been much new research undertaken over the past few decades into wider aspects of both the Parthian and Sassanian Empires including the Arsacid Parthians, and their material culture. Despite a change of ruling dynasty, the two empires were closely connected and cannot be regarded as totally separate entities. The continuation of Parthian influence particularly into the early Sasanian period cannot be disputed. An historic lack of detailed information arose partly through the relative lack of excavated archaeological sites dating to the Parthian period in Iran and western scholars’ lack of knowledge of recent excavations and their results that are usually published in Persian, coupled with the inevitable difficulties for academic research engendered by the recent political situation in the region. Although an attempt has been made by several scholars in the west to place this important Iranian dynasty in its proper cultural context, the traditional GrecoRoman influenced approach is still prevalent. The present volume presents 15 papers covering various aspects of Parthian and early Sasanian history, material culture, linguistics and religion which demonstrate a rich surviving heritage and provide many new insights into ideology, royal genealogy, social organization, military tactics, linguistic developments and trading contacts.


Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies

Author: Sitta von Reden

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 1131

ISBN-13: 3110604930

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The second volume of the Handbook describes different extractive economies in the world regions that have been outlined in the first volume. A wide range of economic actors – from kings and armies to cities and producers – are discussed within different imperial settings as well as the tools, which enabled and constrained economic outcomes. A central focus are nodes of consumption that are visible in the archaeological and textual records of royal capitals, cities, religious centers, and armies that were stationed, in some cases permanently, in imperial frontier zones. Complementary to the multipolar concentrations of consumption are the fiscal-tributary structures of the empires vis-à-vis other institutions that had the capacity to extract, mobilize, and concentrate resources and wealth. Larger volumes of state-issued coinage in various metals show the new role of coinage in taxation, local economic activities, and social practices, even where textual evidence is absent. Given the overwhelming importance of agriculture, the volume also analyses forms of agrarian development, especially around cities and in imperial frontier zones. Special consideration is given to road- and water-management systems for which there is now sufficient archaeological and documentary evidence to enable cross-disciplinary comparative research.


The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History

The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History

Author: Saghi Gazerani

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-11-16

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9004282963

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This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics, both parts included in Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called “epic literature” of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of watershed events of Iran’s antiquity. By examining the symbiotic relationship of the texts’ content and form, the underpinning discourse of the various stories is revealed to have been shaped by polemics of political legitimacy and religious conflict. This discourse, however, is not abstract. The stories narrate, within their generic constraint, some of the affairs of the Sistani kingdom and its relationship to the Parthian throne, mainly from the first century BCE to the end of the second century CE.


The Prytaneion

The Prytaneion

Author: Stephen G. Miller

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2022-08-19

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0520333160

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.


The Androgyne in Early Modern France

The Androgyne in Early Modern France

Author: Marian Rothstein

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781137541369

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Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium , the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power.