Development of Statehood in the Central Asia in the Hellenistic Period (the 4th-3rd centuries BC)

In the context of the objective reconstruction of the foreign policy situation of Central Asia in the era of Antiquity, the author insists that the victory of Greece and Macedonia over the Achaemenid Empire, which included Central Asian regions (Sogd, Bactria, Margiana, Parthia, Hyrcania), was the victory of the more developed slave economy over the backward economic forms. This ensured the creation of favourable conditions in Central Asia for the further development of economic links, widespread deployment of trade, establishment of regular cash circulation, in other words, integration of the Central Asian region into the ancient community. At the same time, the danger of separatism on behalf of the large provinces (satrapies) that formed an economic and cultural-ethnic unity was suppressed more effectively than under the Achaemenids. The fusion of the elite Greek (Hellenistic) culture and lifestyle of the original local society gave rise to a progressive historical phenomenon — Hellenism. It covered not only the Middle East and the Mediterranean, but also the Central Asian region up to the Tashkent Oasis (Chach). At the same time, the external forms of ancient Greek statehood on the territory of Central Asia throughout the 4th-3rd centuries BC absorbed the features inherent in the Eastern tyranny.

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