Briant, Pierre.

From Cyrus to Alexander a history of the Persian Empire / [electronic resource] : Pierre Briant ; translated by Peter T. Daniels. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbraun, 2002. - xx, 1196 p. : ill., maps.

Originally published: Histoire de l'empire perse. Paris : Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. The empire-builders : from Cyrus to Darius -- pt. 2. The great king -- pt. 3. Territories, populations, and the dependent economy -- pt. 4. From Xerxes to Darius III : an empire in turmoil -- pt. 5. The fourth century and the empire of Darius III in the Achaemenid Longue Durée : a prospective assessment -- pt. 6. The fall of an empire : (336-330).


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Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.


Iran--History--To 640.


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