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" From Cyrus to Alexander : "
Pierre Briant ; translated by Peter T. Daniels
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BL
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695697
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b517886
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| Uniform Title
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Histoire de l'Empire perse.English
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| Main Entry
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Briant, Pierre
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| Title & Author
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From Cyrus to Alexander : : a history of the Persian Empire /\ Pierre Briant ; translated by Peter T. Daniels
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| Publication Statement
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Winona Lake, IN :: Eisenbraun,, 2002
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xx, 1196 p. :: ill., maps ;; 25 cm
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1575060310
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: 1575061201
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: 9781575060316
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: 9781575061207
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 1059-1124) and indexes
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| Contents
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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
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Achaemenid dynasty,559-330 B.C
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Iran, History, To 640
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DS281.B7513 2002
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