Ancient Persia: a concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE
2014; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 52; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.52-0419
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Classical Antiquity Studies
Resumo1. Introduction: tracking an empire 2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE 3. Persia rising: a new empire 4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition 5. Darius the king 6. Mechanics of empire 7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm 8. Anatomy of empire 9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II 10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III 11. Twilight of the Achaemenids 12. Epilogue Appendix A. Timeline Appendix B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings Appendix C. Lineages (family tree) of the Achaemenid royal family Appendix D. Further readings.
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