Persians : the age of the great kings /
"The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexand...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group,
2022.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| Summary: | "The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled. Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art, and archaeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world's first superpower--one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance. This is the definitive history of the Achaemenid dynasty and its legacies in modern-day Iran, a book that completely reshapes our understanding of the ancient world."--Amazon. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in 2022 by Wildfire an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, an Hachette UK company"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-414) and index. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781541600348 1541600347 |