Forgotten Empire The World of Ancient Persia

Name: Forgotten Empire The World of Ancient Persia
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ISBN: 9780520247314

ISBN-10: 0520247310

ISBN-13: 9780520247314

Edition: 2005

Authors: John Curtis, Nigel Tallis, Beatrice Andre-Salvini, Barbara Armbruster

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This sumptuous book traces the rise and fall of one of the ancient world's largest and richest empires. Encompassing a rich diversity of different peoples and cultures, Persia's Achaeminid Empire flourished between 550 and 331 B.C. The empire originated with Cyrus the Great (559-530 B.C.) and expanded under his successors, who ruled from the royal capitals of Susa and Persepolis, until at its peak it stretched from the Indus Valley to Greece and from the Caspian Sea to Egypt. The Achaeminids acted as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later Classical world of the Mediterranean and had a profound influence on Greece in political, military, economic, and cultural…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/7/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.50" wide x 11.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.498
Language: English



Foreword



Foreword



Preface




History of the Persian empire 550-330 B.C.




Achaemenid languages and inscriptions




The decipherment of Achaemenid cuneiform




The archaeology of the Achaemenid period




The palace




The royal table




Jewellery and personal ornaments




Religion and burial customs




The administration of the Achaemenid empire




Transport and warfare




Persia and Greece




The legacy of ancient Persia