Achaemenid impact in the Black Sea : communication of powers / edited by Jens Nieling and Ellen Rehm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nieling, Jens.

Rehm, Ellen.

Series:

Black Sea Studies

Black Sea studies ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran--History.

Iran.

Black Sea Coast--Antiquities.

Black Sea Coast.

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For 200 years, from the second half of the 6th century BC to the decades before 330 BC, the Persian dynasty of the Achaemenids ruled an enormous empire stretching from the Mediterranean to Afganistan and India. The Great Kings Dareios I and Xerxes I even tried to conquer Greece and the northern Black Sea, but failed. Why were they interested in the Pontic area? In contrast to rich satrapies, such as Egypt, Phoenicia, and Syria, the Black Sea had no prosperous cities to offer. After 479 BC, the Persians acknowledged that the coast and Caucasus formed the natural borders of the empire. Neverthel

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Colophon; Contents; Introduction; Jens Nieling & Ellen Rehm; A short historical overview; The development of research; A new Aarhus project; The historical sources; Archaeological research; Concluding comments; Achaemenids in the Caucasus?; Adele Bill; Jewellery; Metal vessels; Glass vessels; Notes; Bibliography; Pax Persica and the Peoples of the Black Sea Region: Extent and Limits of Achaemenid Imperial Ideology; Maria Brosius; The problem of the historical record; The question of the political status of the Black Sea regions

The ideology of pax persica and the Black Sea regionsThe Persians and the Greek cities of the Black Sea region; Notes; Bibliography; The Labraunda Sphinxes; Anne Marie Carstens; The sanctuary at Labraunda; The sphinxes; Persian counterparts; Sphinxes at Sidon; Zeus Labraundos; Notes; Bibliography; Recent Investigations of the Ulski Kurgans; Vladimir R. Erlikh; The chronology of the site; The function of the kurgans; The Ulski kurgans and early Achaemenids; Notes; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Orphic Thrace and Achaemenid Persia; Diana Gergova; Bibliography

Maximum contra minimal interpretation1. Persian desire for expansion as a motor for the strengthening of the Ionian colonial network; 1.1. A horizon of dugout architecture; 1.2. The foundation of new colonies and a horizon of stone architecture in the already existing ones; 2. A horizon of destruction interpreted as a consequence of the Ionian revolt; The archaeologial feature at the Cimmerian Bosporus; 3. Ongoing Medism during the reign of the Archaeanactids; 4. A brief statement by Herodotos from the third quarter of the fifth century; Summary; Notes; Bibliography

The Impact of the Achaemenids on Thrace: A Historical Review1Ellen Rehm; Introduction; The history of Thrace in respect of the Persians; The Odrysian Empire40; The name "Skudra" in the satrapy lists and its meaning as "Thrace"; Thrace as a satrapy?; Summary; Notes; Bibliography; The Classification of Objects from the Black Sea Region Made or Influenced by the Achaemenids1; Ellen Rehm; Achaemenid court-style art; Achaemenidizing satrapal art; Perso-barbarian art; Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Achaemenid Impact in Paphlagonia:Rupestral Tombs in the Amnias Valley

Lâtife Summerer & Alexander von Kienlin

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788779342606

8779342604

OCLC:

812254050