TY  - BOOK
AU  - Briant,Pierre
TI  - From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
SN  - 9781575065748
AV  - DS281 .B7513 2002 
U1  - 935.05 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - University Park, PA
PB  - Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Achaemenid dynasty,-559-330 B.C
KW  - Iran-History-To 640
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- COVER Front -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Land-Collectors: Cyrus the Great and Cambyses (559-522) -- Chapter 2: The Conquest and After: An Interim Summary -- Chapter 3: Trouble, Secession, and Rebuilding (522-518) -- Chapter 4: Darius the Conqueror (520-486) -- Chapter 5: Images of the World -- Chapter 6: Representations of Royalty and Monarchic Ideology -- Chapter 7: People and Life at Court -- Chapter 8: The King's Men -- Chapter 9: Territories, Communication, and Trade -- Chapter 10: Royal Assessments and Tribute -- Chapter 11: Persia: Empire and Tribute Economy -- Chapter 12: The King of the Lands -- Chapter 13: Xerxes the Great King (486-465) -- Chapter 14: From the Accession of Artaxerxes I to the Death of Darius II (465-405/404) -- Chapter 15: Artaxerxes II (405/404-359/358) and Artaxerxes III (359/358-338) -- Chapter 16: Lands, Peoples, and Satrapies: Taking Stock of the Achaemenid World -- Chapter 17: The Great King, His Armies, and His Treasures -- Chapter 18: Darius and the Empire Confront Macedonian Aggression -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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