简介：EDITOR’SNOTE:Longyearbyen,capitaloftheSvalbardIslands,entereditsannualprolongedperiodofdarknessonOctober9,2001.ThesunwasnotduetoriseagainuntilMarch8,2002.Duringthefive-month-longperiodofperpetualnight,peoplelivinginthenorthernmosthumansettlementseeonlystars,snowandice.Inthispartoftheworld,however,therearefourstudentsfromtheTibetAutonomousRegionjoint-ventureschool.

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简介：TheGreekslegends,whichappearedontheParthiancoins,seemtobemeaninglessandconsiderasoneoftheambiguitiesinthehistoryofParthiandynasty.FromthebeginningoffirstcenturyAD,theGreekslegendappearedonParthianCoinsarevagueandonlyseemtobesymbolic.BytheinvasionofSakastothenorthofIranwhichledtoextinctionofthegoverningoftheGreeksinBactriaandpushedthembacktothenorthIndia,RomansfinallysucceededtoaddtheSeleucidasapartoftheirterritory,andleftthetradersinSeluciaandBabyloniainthewestandMargianaandBactriaontheeastunderdominationoflocalsratherthantheGreeks.InthisarticlewearetoinvestigateofdeclineofGreeksinBactriaanditsrelationtomeaninglessGreeklegendsonParthiancoins.

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