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Reign of arrows : the rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East
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ISBN: 9780197680223 0197680224 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press,

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"From minor nomadic tribe to major world empire, the story of the Parthians' success in the ancient world is nothing short of remarkable. In their early history, the Parthians benefitted from strong leadership, a flexible and accommodating cultural identity, and innovative military characteristics that allowed them to compete against and indeed eventually overcome Greek, Persian, Central Asian, and eventually Roman rivals who were often more powerful. Reign of Arrows provides the first comprehensive study dedicated entirely to early Parthian history within the Hellenistic world prior to contact with Rome and the first comprehensive effort to evaluate early Parthian political history since 1938. It is a major effort to synthesize a wide array of especially recent scholarship across numerous fields of study in order to present the reader with the most cogent, well rounded, and up-to-date account of the intersections of Hellenistic and Parthian history possible. It draws on a wide variety of sources to explain the political and military encounters that shaped the international environment of the Hellenistic Middle East from the middle third to the early first centuries BCE. This study combines traditional historical approaches, such as source criticism and the integration of material evidence, with the incorporation of modern international relations theory to better examine the rise of the Parthians to dominance over the ancient Middle East. This study treats broader issues of international relations in the ancient world, state decision-making, royal identity and ideology, evolving spatial perspectives and power relations, and state security concerns. Relevant to historians, classicists, political scientists, and general readers interested in the ancient world, international relations, military history, transregional cultural exchange, or the history of the Middle East, this study reimagines and reconstructs the rise of the Parthians within the hotly contested and dangerously competitive international environment of the Hellenistic Middle Eastern world"--

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Parthes --- Parthes. --- Parthians --- Parthians. --- Histoire. --- History. --- Iran --- Partherreich. --- Parthia


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Histoire de l'empire parthe (-250-227)
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ISBN: 9782871062790 287106279X 2871068909 2390010512 9782871068907 Year: 2001 Publisher: Bruxelles : Le Cri,

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Confrontés aux royaumes des Grecs, issus des conquêtes d’Alexandre le Grand, puis aux empereurs romains, ils ont joué un rôle de premier plan dans l’histoire de l’antiquité. Infatiguables pionniers, ils ont, par leur position géographique à la croisée des mondes gréco-romain, chinois et indien, contribué dans une large mesure à la diffusion des arts, du commerce et des idées sur l’axe eurasiatique — la fameuse « Route de la Soie », dont ils furent les grands promoteurs.Mais les Parthes eurent aussi à répondre aux défis de l’histoire. Avec des fortunes diverses, ils furent à l’origine d'inventions qui marqueront l’évolution des sociétés humaines ; tels la chevalerie et la féodalité, dont ils établirent les principes constitutifs. Ils ont tracé des routes ; dans l'architecture créé l’iwan — la voûte qui, plus tard, servira de base à nos bâtisseurs de cathédrales ; inventé de nouvelles techniques bancaires — comme le chèque.Enfin, l'histoire parthe est aussi l'histoire d'hommes et de femmes, avec leurs passions épiques, leurs complots, leurs intrigues, poussant l'art de la stratégie et de l'espionnage à un degré surprenant.


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Hatra : Politics, Culture and Religion between Parthia and Rome
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ISBN: 9783515105071 Year: 2013 Publisher: Stuttgart Franz Steiner Verlag

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Inter duo Imperia : Palmyra between east and west
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ISBN: 9783515127769 9783515127745 3515127747 Year: 2020 Volume: 31 Publisher: Stuttgart Steiner

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Palmyra – in the Roman imperial period, the marvel of the Syrian Desert was situated at the crossroads of the intercontinental long-distance trade, in a political and cultural twilight between the East and the West: inter duo imperia, "between the two empires", according to Pliny the Elder. How accurate is Pliny's description of the oasis of Tadmur? How strongly was Roman influence felt in the city of Bēl – and how did it develop over the centuries? What was the significance of trade? And how did the close interaction between sedentary and nomadic populations shape society in the oasis? The authors revisit the textual and material evidence on and from Palmyra in the light of recent research, spanning five centuries of Near Eastern history.

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