Hellenistic Colonies by Region - Ancient Greek Sites in Central Asia, Hellenistic Colonies Inancient Greek Sites in Central Asia, Hellenistic Colonies in Anatolia, Hellenistic Colonies in Thrace Anatolia, Hellenistic Colonies in Thrace (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ancient Greek Sites in Central Asia, Hellenistic Colonies in Anatolia, Hellenistic Colonies in Thrace, Ptolemaic Colonies in the Red Sea, Merv, Termez, Lysimachia, Berenice Troglodytica, Olympos, Ptolemais Theron, Metropolis, Berenice Epideires, Mysomakedones, Alexandropolis Maedica, Berenice Panchrysos, Arsinoe, Antiochia in Scythia, Elaea, Philippoupolis, Amaseia, Antiochia in Commagene. Excerpt: Merv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merv's origins are prehistoric: archaeological surveys have revealed many survivals of village life as far back as the 3rd millennium BC. Some suggest that Merv is the origin of Hindu belief in Mount Meru, which Hinduism declares to be the centre of the world. It is more likely, however, that Mount Meru is another name for Mount Kailas in Tibet. Under the name of Mouru, Merv is mentioned with Bakhdi (Balkh) in the geography of the Zend-Avesta (commentaries on the Avesta). Under the Achaemenid dynasty Merv is mentioned as being a place of some importance: under the name of Margu it occurs as part of one of the satrapies in the Behistun inscriptions (ca 515 Be of the Persian monarch Darius Hystaspis. The ancient city appears to have been re-founded by Cyrus the Great (559 - 530 Be, but the Achaemenid levels are deeply covered by later strata at the site. (See also Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex.) Alexander the Great's visit to Merv is merely legendary, but the city was named Alexandria for a time. After Alexander's death, Merv became the chief city of the province of Margiana of the Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanid states. Merv was re-named Antiochia Margiana, by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus Soter, who rebuilt and expanded the city at the site presently known as Gyaur Gala (Turkish Gayur Kala) (Fortr... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=252067