i. ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY Initial archeological exploration of the city took place in 1920-22, under the direction of Franz Cumont…

i. Pre-Islamic Period Bactria, the territory of which Bactra was the capital, originally consisted of the plain between the Hindu…

ALEXANDRIA, general designation of cities whose foundation is credited to Alexander the Great (356-23 B.C.). Pseudo-Plutarch mentions seventy of these,…

ALEXANDROPOLIS, name of a number of cities. According to certain historians, these cities were founded after Alexander’s death; others call…