Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCECambridge University Press, 20 jan 2014 - 252 pagina's 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. |
Inhoudsopgave
Tracking an Empire 5 6 | 5 |
The First Half | 19 |
Assyria | 25 |
The Medes | 31 |
Empire in Transition | 52 |
Darius the Great King | 73 |
Mechanics of Empire | 92 |
Xerxes the Expander of the Realm | 114 |
Anatomy of Empire | 134 |
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Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE Matt Waters Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2014 |
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