The Persian EmpireSchocken Books, 1983 - 275 pages Traces the history of the Persian Empire and examines the development of its religious beliefs, armed forces, art, and architecture. |
Contents
The Emergence of Medes and Persians | 1 |
The Sources | 11 |
The Deeds of Cyrus the Great | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Abarnahara Achaemenid Agbatana Ahuramazda Akkadian Alexander Anshan Apadana Aramaic Armenia army Artabazos Artaxerxes Artaxerxes II Asia Minor Assyrian Astyages Athenians Athens Babylon Babylonian Baktria Bardiya battle Behistun called Cambyses campaign Caria Caspian cavalry Cilicia cities claimed command conquest court Ctesias Cyrus Cyrus the Younger Darius I's Darius II Daskyleion east Eastern Egypt Egyptian Elam Elamite empire Euphrates evidence expedition fact father fifth century fleet Gobryas Greece Greek Greek writers Herodotus Hinz Hydarnes infantry inscriptions Ionians Iran Iranian King King's land later Lycia Lydian Magi Mardonios Medes Median Megabyxos mentioned mercenaries mountain Nabunaid Naksh-i Rustam Old Persian Orontes Otanes Oxus palace Parsua Pasargadai perhaps Persepolis Persepolis tablets Persis Pharnabazos Phoenicians Plate presumably probably reign reliefs revolt river royal rule Saka Salamis Sardis satrap says scholars Scythian seems sent ships silver Spartan speaks Strabo Susa throne Tiribazos Tissaphernes tomb tribute troops West Xenophon Xerxes Yauna Zagros