TY  - BOOK
AU  - Briant,Pierre
TI  - From Cyrus to Alexander: a history of the Persian Empire 
SN  - 1575060310 (alk. paper)
U1  - 935.01/BRI 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Winona Lake, IN
PB  - Eisenbraun
KW  - Achaemenid dynasty,
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - To 640
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 1059-1124) and indexes; Introduction: On the trail of an empire --
Prologue: The Persians before the Empire; PART 1: THE EMPIRE-BUILDERS FROM CYRUS TO DARIUS: The land-collectors: Cyrus the Great and Cambyses (559-522) --
The conquest and after: an interim summary --
Trouble, secession, and rebuilding (522-518) --
Darius the Conqueror (520-486); PART 2: THE GREAT KING:
Images of the world --
Representations of royalty and monarchic ideology --
People and life at court --
The King's men; PART 3: TERRITORIES, POPULATIONS, AND THE DEPENDENT ECONOMY:
Territories, communication, and trade --
Royal assessments and tribute --
Persia: empire and tribute economy --
The king of the lands; PART 4: FROM XERXES TO DARIUS III: AN EMPIRE IN TURMOIL:
Xerxes the Great King (486-465) == From the accession of Artaxerxes I to the death of Darius II (465-405/404) --
Artaxerxes II (405/404-359/338) and Artaxerxes III (359/358-338); PART 5: THE FOURTH CENTURY AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS III IN THE ACHAEMENID LONGUE DUREE: A PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT: 
Lands, people, and satrapies: taking stock of the Achaemenid world --
The great king, his armies, and his treasures; PART 6: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE (336-330) :
Darius and the empire confront Macedonian aggression; Conclusion: From Nabonidus to Seleucus
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