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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, England : Routledge, (c)2010.Description: li, 1020 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415436281
  • 9780415552790
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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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