简介:EntertheGrandViewGardenHotelinBeijingandtakeastepbackintime,tothedaysofsplendordescribedintheLegendaryChineseclassicADreamofRedMansions.Thiswasaneraofelegantarchi-tecture,exquisitegardens,refinedcuisineandgraciousservice.
简介:Therewasakindlynoblemanwhosewifehaddiedofanillnessleavingthenoblemanandhisthreedaughtersindespair.Afterlosingallhismoneyinuselessandbadinventionsthefamilyhadtomoveintoapeasant'scottage,wherethedaughtersdidtheirowncooking,sewingandcleaning.Whenitcametimeforthedaughterstomarry,thefatherbecameevenmoredepressedashisdaughterscould
简介:In1970,duringtheexcavationsintheareaoftheGreatTempleofBoghazkǒy(theLowerCity)acuneiformtabletwasfoundthatatonceattractedtheattentionofHittitologists.Thistablet(Bo70/10,KBoXXII2)istheOldHittiteoriginal,writtenintheoldductus,ofKBoIII38(=2BoTU13).Thelatter,knownfromtheautographofM.H.Figulla(1918),isaNewHittitecopywithaverycharacteristicductusandapreferenceforAkkadianformswheretheOldHittiteversionusesHittitewordsor,moreseldom,Sumerograms.Thetext,knownasTheLegendabouttheQueenofKanisandtheCityofZalpa,waspublishedintransliterationandwithacommentarybyH.Otten(1973).
简介:TheGreekslegends,whichappearedontheParthiancoins,seemtobemeaninglessandconsiderasoneoftheambiguitiesinthehistoryofParthiandynasty.FromthebeginningoffirstcenturyAD,theGreekslegendappearedonParthianCoinsarevagueandonlyseemtobesymbolic.BytheinvasionofSakastothenorthofIranwhichledtoextinctionofthegoverningoftheGreeksinBactriaandpushedthembacktothenorthIndia,RomansfinallysucceededtoaddtheSeleucidasapartoftheirterritory,andleftthetradersinSeluciaandBabyloniainthewestandMargianaandBactriaontheeastunderdominationoflocalsratherthantheGreeks.InthisarticlewearetoinvestigateofdeclineofGreeksinBactriaanditsrelationtomeaninglessGreeklegendsonParthiancoins.