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100	1		_aBriant, Pierre.
240	1	0	_aHistoire de l'Empire perse. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aFrom Cyrus to Alexander : _ba history of the Persian Empire / _cPierre Briant ; translated by Peter T. Daniels.
260			_aWinona Lake, IN : _bEisenbraun, _c2002.
300			_axx, 1196 p. : _billus., maps ; hbk ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 1059-1124) and indexes.
505			_aIntroduction: On the trail of an empire -- Prologue: The Persians before the Empire.
505			_aPART 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).
505			_aPART 2: THE GREAT KING: Images of the world -- Representations of royalty and monarchic ideology -- People and life at court -- The King's men.
505			_aPART 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.
505			_aPART 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).
505			_aPART 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.
505			_aPART 6: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE (336-330) : Darius and the empire confront Macedonian aggression.
505			_aConclusion: From Nabonidus to Seleucus.
600	3	0	_aAchaemenid dynasty, _d559-330 B.C.
651		0	_aIran _xHistory _yTo 640.
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