简介:TheactivitiesofDemetriusPoliorcetes('TheBesiegerofCities')duringtheyears310to308B.C.receivescantattentionfromtheclassicalsources.1AsfarasDiodorusSiculusandPlutarch,ourchiefauthorities,areconcerned,DemetriusislastseenconductingalightningraidonBabylonin311,andappearsnextascommanderoftheAntigonidexpeditiontoGreeceinmid-307.2However,flagrantlacunaeinthehistoricalnarrativecannotbeusedasevidencetoarguethattherewasnothingofimportanceto...
简介:<正>Co-sponsoredbyChinaTibetologyResearchCenter(CTRC),ChinaAssociationforPreservationandDevelopmentofTibetanCulture,AcademyofSocialSciencesofTibetanAutonomousRegion,the5theventoftheBeijingInternationalSeminaronTibetanStudieswasheldinBeijingfromAugust2toAugust4,2012.Thisseminarhasinvited267scholarsinthefiledofTibetanStudiesfrom2IcountriesandregionsincludingChina,Japan,Mongolia,India,UnitedKingdom,France,Italy,Hungary,
简介:<正>TheKharosthidocumentsinNationalLibraryofChina,NO.BH5-4,5,arebothrectangularwoodentablets.Althoughtheyhavewithstoodmorethanathousandyears,thesealingluteandropesonthemwerestillintact.1.Correspondencebetweentwocozbos(BH5-5)ThecovertabletofthedocumentNO.BH5-5measures7.2×9.3×1.6cm,whiletheundertabletmeasures7.3×15×0.7cm.Ontheundertablet,8linesofKharosthicharactersare