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almahu_9947414633002882
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511841880 (ebook)
Content:
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.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Tracking an empire :
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The physical environment ;
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Why "Achaemenid"? --
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Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE :
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Iranians into Iran ;
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Elam ;
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Assyria ;
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Babylonia ;
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Anatolian kingdoms ;
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The Medes --
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Persia rising: a new empire :
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Cyrus I in an Elamite-Persian milieu ;
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The fall of Assyria and its aftermath ;
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Cyrus' conquest of the Medes ;
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Cyrus' conquest of Lydia and Ionia ;
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Cyrus in Eastern Iran and Central Asia ;
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Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia ;
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Images of Cyrus ;
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Cyrus in the Greek traditions ;
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Back to Anshan --
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From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition :
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Death of Cyrus ;
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King Cambyses ;
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Cambyses' invasion of Egypt ;
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The death of Cambyses and the crisis of 522 BCE ;
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The Bisitun inscription of Darius I ;
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Herodotus' version of Darius' accession (3.61-88) ;
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Comparisons
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Fission or fusion? ;
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Appendix: Darius' war for the succession --
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Darius, the great king :
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Darius triumphant, Bisitun revisited ;
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Consolidation and expansion ;
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The Scythian-Danube expedition ;
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Darius and the Aegean periphery ;
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The Ionian revolt ;
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Darius' second Aegean campaign and the Battle of Marathon --
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Mechanics of empire :
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Kings, queens, and the Royal Court ;
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Administration of the empire ;
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Tribute to the king and coins ;
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Satraps and provincial personnel ;
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The Persepolis tablets: Persian administration, economy, and stratification ;
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The Persian army ;
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Communication networks: the royal road --
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Xerxes, the expander of the realm :
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The death of Darius and the accession of Xerxes ;
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Xerxes' royal inscriptions ;
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Xerxes and the invasion of Greece: sources and problems ;
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Medism ;
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Earth and water ;
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The invasion of Greece ;
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The Aegean front and the Athenian problem --
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Anatomy of empire :
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Royal capitals ;
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Achaemenid royal ideology ;
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Achaemenid religion --
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Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II :
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Palace intrigue and the assassination of Xerxes ;
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Reign of Artaxerxes I ;
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Ezra and Nehemiah: discontent in the Levant ;
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Revisiting the northwestern front: Persian-Greek interchange ;
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From Artaxerxes I to Darius II ;
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The Murashu archive: land management practices in Achaemenid Babylonia ;
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Excursus: Achaemenid throne names ;
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Darius II and dynastic continuity ;
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Opportunity on the northwestern front --
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Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III :
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The death of Darius II and the accession of Artaxerxes II ;
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The war between the brothers ;
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Aftermath of the rebellion ;
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Royal inscriptions of Artaxerxes II ;
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Persia triumphant: the northwestern front ;
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Cyprus and the Egyptian problem ;
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Egypt in revolt and the Arshama archive ;
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Revolts in Anatolia ;
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From Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III: another succession crisis ;
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Inscriptions and reign of Artaxerxes III --
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Twilight of the Achaemenids :
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The death of Artaxerxes III, reign of Artaxerxes IV, and accession of Darius III ;
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Macedon rising ;
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Sources and problems ;
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The invasion begins: battles of Granicus (May 334 BCE) and Issus (November 333 BCE) and Alexander's operations in Asia Minor ;
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The loss of Egypt, the battle of Gaugamela, and the surrender of Babylon and Susa (332-331 BCE) --
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The defense of Parsa --
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Timeline ;
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Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings ;
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Lineages of the Achaemenid royal family.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107009608
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511841880
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