Ancient Persia: a concise history of the Achaemenid empire, 550-330 BCE
The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran (Antiquity)
/ Achämeniden ca. 700 BC-330 BC
/ History 559 BC-330 BC
B Iran (Antiquity) / History 550 BC-330 BC |
| Further subjects: | B
Iran
History, To 640
B Achaemenid dynasty (559-330 B.C) B Iran History To 640 B Achaemenid dynasty |
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| Summary: | The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c.550–330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511841884 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511841880 |