The second volume describes the formation, in the sixth century BC, of the earliest multi-national empire, its administration, its confrontation with Greece, and its eventual dissolution under the impact of Alexander's conquest of Iran in 331 BC. This was a time of great importance in the history of the entire Middle East, and embraced figures of the stature of Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes. The sources for this period are more diverse than for any other in Iran's history, the bulk of the evidence being preserved in Babylonian, Elamite, Egyptian and Greek. The involvement in this volume of specialists in each of these fields has ensured that the results of the intensive research of recent years are incorporated in this synthesis. In addition to the strictly historical accounts there are chapters on art and architecture, metalwork and glyptic, calendar systems, weights and measures, religion, and the eastern Iranian world as reflected in the Avesta.
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The second volume describes the formation, in the sixth century BC, of the earliest multi-national empire, its administration, its confrontation with Greece, and its eventual dissolution under the impact of Alexander's conquest of Iran in 331 BC.
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This is a collection of chapters about Ancient Iran during the periods of the Medes and the Achaemenids. The chapters are written by different scholars, as in all the Cambridge History of... series. Those scholars are very thorough and they write in a clear, simple way, with respect for the readers. They provide us with excellent illustrations and maps. There is, of course, an Index. It is a great book to use for research, as it provides a bibliography for each chapter. It is also valuable to simply learn about the subject.
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The earliest part of present-day Iran to reach the level of urban and class civilization was the region which later was called Khuzistan and which in ancient history is usually designated by its Biblical name of Elam (Hebr. 'Elam). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intercalation period, cosmical setting, satrapy list, stairway façades, fortification texts, fortification tablets, lunisolar year, acronychal risings, treasury texts, first intercalation, audience reliefs, separate satrapy, median history, eastern stairway, ration texts, princely burials, heliacal setting, date formulae, annual risings, vernal point, solar dates, upper satrapies, barrow graves, vague year, brick reliefs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asia Minor, Ahura Mazda, Land of the Mannaeans, Near East, Black Sea, Alexander the Great, Cyrus the Great, Lake Urmiya, Royal Scyths, Late Scythian, Naqsh-i Rustam, Persian Gulf, Middle Persian, Angra Mainyu, Cyrus the Younger, North Pontic, Younger Avesta, New York, Nabonidus Chronicle, Sidney Smith, Scythian Husbandmen, British Museum, Central Temple, Old Testament, Hindu Kush New!
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The earliest part of present-day Iran to reach the level of urban and class civilization was the region which later was called Khuzistan and which in ancient history is usually designated by its Biblical name of Elam (Hebr. 'Elam). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intercalation period, cosmical setting, satrapy list, stairway façades, fortification texts, fortification tablets, lunisolar year, acronychal risings, treasury texts, first intercalation, audience reliefs, separate satrapy, median history, eastern stairway, ration texts, princely burials, heliacal setting, date formulae, annual risings, vernal point, solar dates, upper satrapies, barrow graves, vague year, brick reliefs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asia Minor, Ahura Mazda, Land of the Mannaeans, Near East, Black Sea, Alexander the Great, Cyrus the Great, Lake Urmiya, Royal Scyths, Late Scythian, Naqsh-i Rustam, Persian Gulf, Middle Persian, Angra Mainyu, Cyrus the Younger, North Pontic, Younger Avesta, New York, Nabonidus Chronicle, Sidney Smith, Scythian Husbandmen, British Museum, Central Temple, Old Testament, Hindu Kush New!
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