{"product_id":"ancient-persia-a-concise-history-of-the-achaemenid-empire-550-330-bce-paperback-9780521253697","title":"Ancient Persia; A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE (Paperback) 9780521253697","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAncient Persia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a succinct history of ancient Persia in the Achaemenid period, 550–330 BCE.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatt Waters (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521253697, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e274 pages, 31 b\/w illus.  6 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Ancient Persia is, in the best sense of the word, a handbook; Waters's notes, bibliographical references, and suggestions for further reading hit the right notes and the right works for beginners. … Welcome aids include a full timeline, numerous in-text figures and illustrations, as well as a detailed stemma of the Achaemenid dynasty.' London Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c.550–330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: tracking an empire\u003cbr\u003e 2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE\u003cbr\u003e 3. Persia rising: a new empire\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Darius the king\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mechanics of empire\u003cbr\u003e 7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm\u003cbr\u003e 8. Anatomy of empire\u003cbr\u003e 9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II\u003cbr\u003e 10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III\u003cbr\u003e 11. Twilight of the Achaemenids\u003cbr\u003e 12. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Timeline\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Lineages (family tree) of the Achaemenid royal family\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D. Further readings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908922237208,"sku":"9780521253697","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521253697i_aa9e4645-ab7a-4ea3-98d5-d414ebc16f81.jpg?v=1691374126","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ancient-persia-a-concise-history-of-the-achaemenid-empire-550-330-bce-paperback-9780521253697","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}