000710559 000__ 02701cam\a2200361\i\4500 000710559 001__ 710559 000710559 005__ 20210515100829.0 000710559 008__ 130711s2014\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000710559 010__ $$a 2013027356 000710559 020__ $$a9781107009608$$qhardcover$$qalkaline paper 000710559 020__ $$a110700960X$$qhardcover$$qalkaline paper 000710559 020__ $$a9780521253697$$qpaperback$$qalkaline paper 000710559 020__ $$a0521253691$$qpaperback$$qalkaline paper 000710559 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn852958063 000710559 035__ $$a710559 000710559 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dKCP$$dYDXCP$$dOKU$$dDEBBG$$dCDX$$dMTG$$dOCLCO$$dUKMGB$$dOCLCF 000710559 042__ $$apcc 000710559 043__ $$aa-ir--- 000710559 049__ $$aISEA 000710559 05000 $$aDS281$$b.W38 2014 000710559 08200 $$a935/.05$$223 000710559 1001_ $$aWaters, Matthew W.$$q(Matthew William) 000710559 24510 $$aAncient Persia :$$ba concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE /$$cMatt Waters, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. 000710559 260__ $$aNew York, NY, USA :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2014. 000710559 300__ $$axx, 252 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c23 cm 000710559 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000710559 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia 000710559 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier 000710559 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 226-229) and index. 000710559 50500 $$tTracking an empire --$$tForerunners of the Achaemenids : the first half of the first millennium BCE --$$tPersia rising : a new empire --$$tFrom Cyrus to Darius I : empire in transition --$$tDarius, the great king --$$tMechanics of empire --$$tXerxes, the expander of the realm --$$tAnatomy of empire --$$tEmpire at large : from the death of Xerxes to Darius II --$$tMaintaining an empire : Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III --$$tTwilight of the Achaemenids. 000710559 520__ $$a"The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c. 550-330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history."--Back cover. 000710559 60030 $$aAchaemenid dynasty,$$d559-330 B.C. 000710559 651_0 $$aIran$$xHistory$$yTo 640. 000710559 85200 $$bgen$$hDS281$$i.W38$$i2014 000710559 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:710559$$pGLOBAL_SET 000710559 980__ $$aBIB 000710559 980__ $$aBOOK