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The Persians

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Author(s)	J. M. Cook
Editor	The Folio Society	Place	London
Year	2001	Pages	XXII-374
Measure	18x26 (cm)	Illustration	ill. b/n f.t. - b/w ills.
Binding	Pelle ed. fregi in oro - Hardcover	Conservazione	Nuovo - New
Language	Inglese - English text	Weight	1600 (gr)
ISBN	N/D - N/A	EAN-13	N/D - N/A

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First edition 1983, fifth reprint 2001.

Persia was the first superpower of the ancient world, her empire strtching from western Anatolia to the Khyber Pass, from Armenia to Thiopia. Cook’s definitive history takes us from its origins to teh defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C. We learn of the military strategies which enabled Persia to assume her position of unprecedented greatness, and the administrative infrastructure by which she maintained it; of the wondrous beauty of the palaces at Susa and Persopolis, and the intricacies of religious and political life.

Contents

Maps
Preface
Abbreviations

1 The Emergence of Medes and Persians
2 The Sources
3 The Deeds of Cyrus the Great
4 Cyrus' Rule
5 The Critical Decade
6 Darius' Conquests
7 The Character of Darius' Rule
8 The Organisation of the Provinces
9 Darius' Feud with the Athenians
10 The Armed Forces and Communications
11 Xerxes' Great Expedition
12 Narrative of Middle Achaemenid History
13 King and Court
14 Old Persian Religion
15 Palaces and Art
16 Satraps, Hyparchs, and Fief-Holders
17 The Extent of the Empire
18 Narrative of Later Achaemenid History Epilogue

Appendix I: Kings of the Near East prior to the Persian Conquests
Appendix 2: Achaemenid Kings
Index