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Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE
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ISBN-10: | 0521253691 |
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ISBN-13: | 978-0521253697 |
Edition: | 1st |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 3 April 2014 |
Language: | English |
Dimensions: | 15.21 x 1.57 x 22.91 cm |
Print length: | 274 pages |
Description
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. —- ISBN: 9780521253697 | ISBN10: 0521253691 | ISBN-13: 978-0521253697