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Asia Minor after Alexander, (circa 323-circa 270 BC), The invention of the Hellenistic world.
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Asia Minor after Alexander, (circa 323-circa 270 BC), The invention of the Hellenistic world.

PURE
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N° d'inventaire 25284
Format 16.5 x 24
Détails 491 p., some illustrations, paperback.
Publication Rennes, 2022
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782753583603
For centuries, Asia Minor and Anatolia constituted the eastern horizon of the Greek world. From 334 BC, the conquest led by Alexander and the Macedonians abruptly changed the situation. This complex region, composed of sub-regions with distinct geographical and cultural identities, then became a lasting kind of internal bridge between the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean and, beyond, Mesopotamia and the Iranian world. But from the death of Alexander in 323, it also became a privileged site of confrontation between his successors and, thus, a space for legitimizing the ambitions of the various actors, notably those of Antigonus the One-Eyed. In the half-century from the 320s to 270, due to its great territorial and political diversity as well as its strategic nature, it was also an essential space for experimenting with these new forms of domination that were Hellenistic royal powers. These are then new modalities of relations with local communities that are inaugurated, by trial and error, new types of urban spaces that spread, new conceptions of royal territories that assert themselves, but also new networks of exchange and mobility that emerge. In this process, the kings and dynasts are not the only ones to act, and it is necessary to reestablish the role of local actors, notably the cities, in this complex process of invention of the Hellenistic world in which the Anatolian peninsula occupies an essential part.
For centuries, Asia Minor and Anatolia constituted the eastern horizon of the Greek world. From 334 BC, the conquest led by Alexander and the Macedonians abruptly changed the situation. This complex region, composed of sub-regions with distinct geographical and cultural identities, then became a lasting kind of internal bridge between the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean and, beyond, Mesopotamia and the Iranian world. But from the death of Alexander in 323, it also became a privileged site of confrontation between his successors and, thus, a space for legitimizing the ambitions of the various actors, notably those of Antigonus the One-Eyed. In the half-century from the 320s to 270, due to its great territorial and political diversity as well as its strategic nature, it was also an essential space for experimenting with these new forms of domination that were Hellenistic royal powers. These are then new modalities of relations with local communities that are inaugurated, by trial and error, new types of urban spaces that spread, new conceptions of royal territories that assert themselves, but also new networks of exchange and mobility that emerge. In this process, the kings and dynasts are not the only ones to act, and it is necessary to reestablish the role of local actors, notably the cities, in this complex process of invention of the Hellenistic world in which the Anatolian peninsula occupies an essential part.