Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE
- ISBN-10
- 1107652723
- ISBN-13
- 9781107652729
- Series
- Ancient Persia
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-20
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Matt Waters
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.
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- 2012-08-01
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- White Star Publishers
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