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1 online resource (xx, 1196 p.) : ill., maps. 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. Pierre Briant ; translated by Peter T. Daniels. Includes bibliographical references (p. 1059-1124) and indexes. a-ir--- Achaemenid dynasty 559-330 B.C Iran History To 640 Perzen (volk) Achaemeniden Iran <Altertum> HISTORY / Civilization DS281 .B7513 2002eb 935/.01 Briant, Pierre. Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbraun, 2002 (DLC) 2001055736 (OCoLC)48474121 9781575065748 (electronic bk.) 1575065746 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=446006 http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009704927&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=446006 http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009704927&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA N$T 120417 20200709055512.0 ocn785943651