Persia, the Immortal Kingdom
Author | : Roman Ghirshman |
Publisher | : London : Orient Commerce Establishment |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Civilization, Iranian |
ISBN | : 9780901493057 |
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Author | : Roman Ghirshman |
Publisher | : London : Orient Commerce Establishment |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Civilization, Iranian |
ISBN | : 9780901493057 |
Author | : Roman Ghirshman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Iran |
ISBN | : 9780821204078 |
Author | : Robin Waterfield |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674023567 |
"With this first masterpiece of Western military history forming the backbone of his book, Robin Waterfield explores what remains unsaid and assumed in Xenophon's account - much about the gruesome nature of ancient battle and logistics, the lives of Greek and Persian soldiers, and questions of historical, political, and personal context, motivation, and conflicting agendas. The result is a rounded version of the story of Cyrus's ill-fated march and the Greeks' perilous retreat - a nuanced and dramatic perspective on a critical moment in history that may tell us as much about our present-day adventures in the Middle East, site of Cyrus's debacle and the last act of the Golden Age, as it does about the great powers of antiquity in a volatile period of transition."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : A. T. Olmstead |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 671 |
Release | : 2022-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226826333 |
Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Greek point of view. "The fullest and most reliable presentation of the history of the Persian Empire in existence."—M. Rostovtzeff
Author | : Nicholas Sekunda |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781855322509 |
The Persian Empire grew in the vacuum left by Assyria's destruction of the Kingdom of Elam (648 BC). Prince Teispes captured Anshan, once a stonghold of the Elamites. His father, Achaemenes is the person who is apparently responsible for training and organising the early Persian army and it is his name that is the beginning of the royal line of Achaemenian Kings. It is a dynasty which includes Darius the Great – the finest ruler of the Achaemenid era. The army he commanded included the infamous 'Immortals', who formed the elite of the Persian army, their numbers always kept to exactly 10,000 men.
Author | : Roman Ghirshman |
Publisher | : New York : Golden Press |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Art, Iranian |
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Author | : Michael Burgan |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 1438127847 |
For almost 1,200 years, the Persians ruled a territory that stretched from the Black Sea into Central Asia, from India to Egypt and into the fringes of southern Europe. During that period from 550 BCE to 651 CE, the ancient Persians learned to cultivate crops such as wheat and barley and to domesticate animals; they also demonstrated their talents for architecture and art by building enormous palaces, such as at the site of Persepolis, and through intricate art painted on pottery. As their neighbors, particularly the Macedonian prince Alexander the Great, grew stronger, ancient Persia struggled to maintain its authority. Despite their eventual decline, the Persian empires had significant influence on the ancient world, including the idea of worshipping a single god. As the first monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism would lay the foundation for the development of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Empires of Ancient Persia looks at the rise and fall of the Persian empires, the daily life of the people, and their influence on subsequent civilizations.