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From Cyrus to Alexander : a history of the Persian Empire /
Around 550 B.C.E. the Persian people--who were previously practically unknown in the annals of history--emerged from their base in southern Iran (Fars) and engaged in a monumental adventure that, under the leadership of Cyrus the Great and his successors, culminated in the creation of an immense Emp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Winona Lake, IN :
Eisenbrauns,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: On the trail of an empire
- Prologue: The Persians before the Empire
- PART 1: THE EMPIRE-BUILDERS FROM CYRUS TO DARIUS: The land-collectors: Cyrus the Great and Cambyses (559-522)
- The conquest and after: an interim summary
- Trouble, secession, and rebuilding (522-518)
- Darius the Conqueror (520-486)
- PART 2: THE GREAT KING: Images of the world
- Representations of royalty and monarchic ideology
- People and life at court
- The King's men
- PART 3: TERRITORIES, POPULATIONS, AND THE DEPENDENT ECONOMY: Territories, communication, and trade
- Royal assessments and tribute
- Persia: empire and tribute economy
- The king of the lands
- PART 4: FROM XERXES TO DARIUS III: AN EMPIRE IN TURMOIL: Xerxes the Great King (486-465) == From the accession of Artaxerxes I to the death of Darius II (465-405/404)
- Artaxerxes II (405/404-359/338) and Artaxerxes III (359/358-338)
- PART 5: THE FOURTH CENTURY AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS III IN THE ACHAEMENID LONGUE DUREE: A PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT: Lands, people, and satrapies: taking stock of the Achaemenid world
- The great king, his armies, and his treasures
- PART 6: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE (336-330) : Darius and the empire confront Macedonian aggression
- Conclusion: From Nabonidus to Seleucus.