The Persian Empire : a corpus of sources from the Achaemenid period / Amelie Kuhrt. [print]

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Kuhrt, Amelie, 1944- [Author]

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9780415436281
9780415552790

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Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C

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Quelle.

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DS281.K96.P477 2010
DS281

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Contents:

The Medes -- Cyrus the Great -- The reign of Cambyses -- From Cambyses to Darius I

The empire under Darius I : expansion, revolt, consolidation -- The reign of Xerxes -- From Artaxerxes I to the last years of Darius II (465-405) -- Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III (405-338) -- The fall of the Achaemenid empire (338-330)

Images of empire, visions of majesty and the divine framework -- The organisation of the court -- Mechanisms of power ;

Tribute, tax, imposts -- Routes and communication networks -- Bureaucracy, production, settlement -- Unity and diversity.

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Originally published: 2007.

Introduction.

Prehistory and formation of the empire (c.750-520). -- The Medes -- Cyrus the Great -- The reign of Cambyses -- From Cambyses to Darius I

Achaemenid history and its problems. -- The empire under Darius I : expansion, revolt, consolidation -- The reign of Xerxes -- From Artaxerxes I to the last years of Darius II (465-405) -- Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III (405-338) -- The fall of the Achaemenid empire (338-330)

Kings and kingship. -- Images of empire, visions of majesty and the divine framework -- The organisation of the court -- Mechanisms of power ;

Achaemenid imperial organisation. -- Tribute, tax, imposts -- Routes and communication networks -- Bureaucracy, production, settlement -- Unity and diversity.

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