Text chiefly in German; two chapters in English. Based in part on the author's two-volume work: "Weltgeschichte Asiens im griechischen Zeitalter", published in 1947-48. Contributors: János Harmatta, Dieter Harnack, Roch Knapowski, Franz F. Schwarz, Zuhair Shunnar, Oswald Szemerényi and Erika Trautmann-Nehring.