The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
2nd Edition
Maria Brosius, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
August 2023
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This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of texts on the Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I (c.600-424 BC), with accompanying map, illustrations, glossary and introductory notes giving crucial background information. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, many of these otherwise being difficult for students to access.
- Includes a generous selection of texts in new translations to give the student quick and convenient access to the primary sources needed for their study of the Persian Empire
- This volume includes a map, illustrations, glossary and introductory notes giving crucial background information to help the student better understand the sources
- Written and reviewed by experienced teachers at schools and universities to ensure it provides exactly what students of ancient history require
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August 2023Paperback
9781009382946
99 pages
244 × 170 × 7 mm
0.25kg
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Table of Contents
- Part I. The Rise of Persia:
- 1. Cyrus I (1)
- 2. The inscriptions of Ariaramnes and Arsames (2-3)
- 3. Cyrus II (4-17)
- 4. Cambyses II (18-29)
- 5. Bardiya (30-42)
- Part II. The Persian Empire Under the First Three Achaemenid Kings:
- 6. Darius I (43-60)
- 7. Xerxes I (61-75)
- 8. Artaterxes I (76-93)
- Part III. The Organisation and Administration of the Persian Empire
- Religion in the Empire:
- 9. Persian Kingship (94-122)
- 10. The Administration of the Empire (123-158)
- 11. Royal women (159-180)
- 12. Travel in the Empire (168-172)
- 13. Religion in the Empire (191-205).
