ISBN: 9781107009608

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 Eu… Mehr…

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. Trade Books>Hardcover>World History>Ancient Hist>Ancient Hist, Cambridge University Press Core >2<

2014, ISBN: 110700960X

[EAN: 9781107009608], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], New, Books

2014, ISBN: 110700960X

[EAN: 9781107009608], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Books