Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West

The 2ndvolume in a series that examines the spread of cultures from the East into Europe.The Persian Empire was the first major eastern power to actually extend its borders into Europe. The Persians came in the 6th century BC as a great power seeking to incorporate parts of southeastern Europe as provinces into a centrally ruled and administered empire. While Persia’s foothold in Europe was tiny, distant, and brief, and the contact is usually viewed in terms of conflict—the Greco-Persian wa...