From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781575061207
  • Publisher: Eisenbrauns, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/28/2006
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 1196

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface to the English Translation
Translator's Preface
Introduction: On the Trail of an Empire 1
Prologue: The Persians before the Empire 13
Pt. 1 The Empire-Builders: From Cyrus to Darius
Ch. 1 The Land-Collectors: Cyrus the Great and Cambyses (559-522) 31
Ch. 2 The Conquest and After: An Interim Summary 62
Ch. 3 Trouble, Secession, and Rebuilding (522-518) 107
Ch. 4 Darius the Conqueror (520-486) 139
Pt. 2 The Great King
Ch. 5 Images of the World 165
Ch. 6 Representations of Royalty and Monarchic Ideology 204
Ch. 7 People and Life at Court 255
Ch. 8 The King's Men 302
Pt. 3 Territories, Populations, and the Dependent Economy
Ch. 9 Territories, Communication, and Trade 357
Ch. 10 Royal Assessments and Tribute 388
Ch. 11 Persia: Empire and Tribute Economy 422
Ch. 12 The King of the Lands 472
Pt. 4 From Xerxes to Darius III: An Empire in Turmoil
Ch. 13 Xerxes the Great King (486-465) 515
Ch. 14 From the Accession of Artaxerxes I to the Death of Darius II (465-405/404) 569
Ch. 15 Artaxerxes II (405/404-359/358) and Artaxerxes III (359/358-338) 612
Pt. 5 The Fourth Century and the Empire of Darius III in the Achaemenid longue duree: A Prospective Assessment
Ch. 16 Lands, Peoples, and Satrapies: Taking Stock of the Achaemenid World 693
Ch. 17 The Great King, His Armies, and His Treasures 769
Pt. 6 The Fall of an Empire (336-330)
Ch. 18 Darius and the Empire Confront Macedonian Aggression 817
Conclusion: From Nabonidus to Seleucus 873
Research Notes 877
List of Abbreviations 1053
Bibliography 1059
Indexes 1125
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