Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 Bce (Paperback)

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Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 Bce (Paperback)

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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.

Product Details ISBN: 9780521253697
ISBN-10: 0521253691
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: January 20th, 2014
Pages: 274
Language: English