Abstract
This essay is the fourth part of a series of the author’s publications dealing with the regional administration of Alexander the Great’s Empire at the satrapal level, as well as the relationships between him and the dependent territories in the East. This work focuses on the next group of Alexander’s satrapies in Asia – from Areia to Bactria and Sogdiana.
Keywords
Alexander the Great, Empire, Achaemenid Power, satrapy, satrap, administration, Eastern Iran, Central Asia.
Maksim M. Kholod
Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Acknowlegements: Russian Science Foundation, project no. 20-18-00374-П
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