RT Book
T1 Ancient Persia: a concise history of the Achaemenid empire, 550-330 BCE
A1 Waters, Matthew William 1967-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/790759780
AB The 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
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN DS281
SN 9780511841880
K1 Achaemenid dynasty : 559-330 B.C
K1 Achaemenid dynasty
K1 Iran : History, To 640.
K1 Iran : History : To 640
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511841880