Ancient Persia : a concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE / Matt Waters, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
2014
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Title
Ancient Persia : a concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE / Matt Waters, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
ISBN
9781107009608 (hardback ; alk. paper)
110700960X (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780521253697 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0521253691 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781107009608 (hardback : alk. paper)
110700960X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521253697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521253691 (pbk. : alk. paper)
110700960X (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780521253697 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0521253691 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781107009608 (hardback : alk. paper)
110700960X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521253697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521253691 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Published
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
xx, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
DS281 .W384 2014
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-229) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
I. Introduction: Tracking an empire : The physical environment ; Why "Achaemenid"?
2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE : Iranians into Iran ; Elam ; Assyria ; Babylonia ; Anatolian kingdoms ; The Medes
3. Persia rising: a new empire : Cyrus I in an Elamite-Persian milieu ; The fall of Assyria and its aftermath ; Cyrus' conquest of the Medes ; Cyrus' conquest of Lydia and Ionia ; Cyrus in Eastern Iran and Central Asia ; Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia ; Images of Cyrus ; Cyrus in the Greek traditions ; Back to Anshan
4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition : Death of Cyrus ; King Cambyses ; Cambyses' invasion of Egypt ; The death of Cambyses and the crisis of 522 BCE ; The Bisitun inscription of Darius I ; Herodotus' version of Darius' accession (3.61-88) ; Comparisons Fission or fusion? ; Appendix: Darius' war for the succession
5. Darius, the great king : Darius triumphant, Bisitun revisited ; Consolidation and expansion ; The Scythian-Danube expedition ; Darius and the Aegean periphery ; The Ionian revolt ; Darius' second Aegean campaign and the Battle of Marathon
6. Mechanics of empire : Kings, queens, and the Royal Court ; Administration of the empire ; Tribute to the king and coins ; Satraps and provincial personnel ; The Persepolis tablets: Persian administration, economy, and stratification ; The Persian army ; Communication networks: the royal road
7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm : The death of Darius and the accession of Xerxes ; Xerxes' royal inscriptions ; Xerxes and the invasion of Greece: sources and problems ; Medism ; Earth and water ; The invasion of Greece ; The Aegean front and the Athenian problem
8. Anatomy of empire : Royal capitals ; Achaemenid royal ideology ; Achaemenid religion
9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II : Palace intrigue and the assassination of Xerxes ; Reign of Artaxerxes I ; Ezra and Nehemiah: discontent in the Levant ; Revisiting the northwestern front: Persian-Greek interchange ; From Artaxerxes I to Darius II ; The Murashu archive: land management practices in Achaemenid Babylonia ; Excursus: Achaemenid throne names ; Darius II and dynastic continuity ; Opportunity on the northwestern front
10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III : The death of Darius II and the accession of Artaxerxes II ; The war between the brothers ; Aftermath of the rebellion ; Royal inscriptions of Artaxerxes II ; Persia triumphant: the northwestern front ; Cyprus and the Egyptian problem ; Egypt in revolt and the Arshama archive ; Revolts in Anatolia ; From Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III: another succession crisis ; Inscriptions and reign of Artaxerxes III
11. Twilight of the Achaemenids : The death of Artaxerxes III, reign of Artaxerxes IV, and accession of Darius III ; Macedon rising ; Sources and problems ; The invasion begins: battles of Granicus (May 334 BCE) and Issus (November 333 BCE) and Alexander's operations in Asia Minor ; The loss of Egypt, the battle of Gaugamela, and the surrender of Babylon and Susa (332-331 BCE)
The defense of Parsa
Epilogue
Appendixes : A. Timeline ; B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings ; C. Lineages of the Achaemenid royal family.
I. Introduction: Tracking an empire : The physical environment ; Why "Achaemenid"?
2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE : Iranians into Iran ; Elam ; Assyria ; Babylonia ; Anatolian kingdoms ; The Medes
3. Persia rising: a new empire : Cyrus I in an Elamite-Persian milieu ; The fall of Assyria and its aftermath ; Cyrus' conquest of the Medes ; Cyrus' conquest of Lydia and Ionia ; Cyrus in Eastern Iran and Central Asia ; Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia ; Images of Cyrus ; Cyrus in the Greek traditions ; Back to Anshan
4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition : Death of Cyrus ; King Cambyses ; Cambyses' invasion of Egypt ; The death of Cambyses and the crisis of 522 BCE ; The Bisitun inscription of Darius I ; Herodotus' version of Darius' accession (3.61-88) ; Comparisons Fission or fusion? ; Appendix: Darius' war for the succession
5. Darius, the great king : Darius triumphant, Bisitun revisited ; Consolidation and expansion ; The Scythian-Danube expedition ; Darius and the Aegean periphery ; The Ionian revolt ; Darius' second Aegean campaign and the Battle of Marathon
6. Mechanics of empire : Kings, queens, and the Royal Court ; Administration of the empire ; Tribute to the king and coins ; Satraps and provincial personnel ; The Persepolis tablets: Persian administration, economy, and stratification ; The Persian army ; Communication networks: the royal road
7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm : The death of Darius and the accession of Xerxes ; Xerxes' royal inscriptions ; Xerxes and the invasion of Greece: sources and problems ; Medism ; Earth and water ; The invasion of Greece ; The Aegean front and the Athenian problem
8. Anatomy of empire : Royal capitals ; Achaemenid royal ideology ; Achaemenid religion
9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II : Palace intrigue and the assassination of Xerxes ; Reign of Artaxerxes I ; Ezra and Nehemiah: discontent in the Levant ; Revisiting the northwestern front: Persian-Greek interchange ; From Artaxerxes I to Darius II ; The Murashu archive: land management practices in Achaemenid Babylonia ; Excursus: Achaemenid throne names ; Darius II and dynastic continuity ; Opportunity on the northwestern front
10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III : The death of Darius II and the accession of Artaxerxes II ; The war between the brothers ; Aftermath of the rebellion ; Royal inscriptions of Artaxerxes II ; Persia triumphant: the northwestern front ; Cyprus and the Egyptian problem ; Egypt in revolt and the Arshama archive ; Revolts in Anatolia ; From Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III: another succession crisis ; Inscriptions and reign of Artaxerxes III
11. Twilight of the Achaemenids : The death of Artaxerxes III, reign of Artaxerxes IV, and accession of Darius III ; Macedon rising ; Sources and problems ; The invasion begins: battles of Granicus (May 334 BCE) and Issus (November 333 BCE) and Alexander's operations in Asia Minor ; The loss of Egypt, the battle of Gaugamela, and the surrender of Babylon and Susa (332-331 BCE)
The defense of Parsa
Epilogue
Appendixes : A. Timeline ; B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings ; C. Lineages of the Achaemenid royal family.
2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE : Iranians into Iran ; Elam ; Assyria ; Babylonia ; Anatolian kingdoms ; The Medes
3. Persia rising: a new empire : Cyrus I in an Elamite-Persian milieu ; The fall of Assyria and its aftermath ; Cyrus' conquest of the Medes ; Cyrus' conquest of Lydia and Ionia ; Cyrus in Eastern Iran and Central Asia ; Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia ; Images of Cyrus ; Cyrus in the Greek traditions ; Back to Anshan
4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition : Death of Cyrus ; King Cambyses ; Cambyses' invasion of Egypt ; The death of Cambyses and the crisis of 522 BCE ; The Bisitun inscription of Darius I ; Herodotus' version of Darius' accession (3.61-88) ; Comparisons Fission or fusion? ; Appendix: Darius' war for the succession
5. Darius, the great king : Darius triumphant, Bisitun revisited ; Consolidation and expansion ; The Scythian-Danube expedition ; Darius and the Aegean periphery ; The Ionian revolt ; Darius' second Aegean campaign and the Battle of Marathon
6. Mechanics of empire : Kings, queens, and the Royal Court ; Administration of the empire ; Tribute to the king and coins ; Satraps and provincial personnel ; The Persepolis tablets: Persian administration, economy, and stratification ; The Persian army ; Communication networks: the royal road
7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm : The death of Darius and the accession of Xerxes ; Xerxes' royal inscriptions ; Xerxes and the invasion of Greece: sources and problems ; Medism ; Earth and water ; The invasion of Greece ; The Aegean front and the Athenian problem
8. Anatomy of empire : Royal capitals ; Achaemenid royal ideology ; Achaemenid religion
9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II : Palace intrigue and the assassination of Xerxes ; Reign of Artaxerxes I ; Ezra and Nehemiah: discontent in the Levant ; Revisiting the northwestern front: Persian-Greek interchange ; From Artaxerxes I to Darius II ; The Murashu archive: land management practices in Achaemenid Babylonia ; Excursus: Achaemenid throne names ; Darius II and dynastic continuity ; Opportunity on the northwestern front
10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III : The death of Darius II and the accession of Artaxerxes II ; The war between the brothers ; Aftermath of the rebellion ; Royal inscriptions of Artaxerxes II ; Persia triumphant: the northwestern front ; Cyprus and the Egyptian problem ; Egypt in revolt and the Arshama archive ; Revolts in Anatolia ; From Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III: another succession crisis ; Inscriptions and reign of Artaxerxes III
11. Twilight of the Achaemenids : The death of Artaxerxes III, reign of Artaxerxes IV, and accession of Darius III ; Macedon rising ; Sources and problems ; The invasion begins: battles of Granicus (May 334 BCE) and Issus (November 333 BCE) and Alexander's operations in Asia Minor ; The loss of Egypt, the battle of Gaugamela, and the surrender of Babylon and Susa (332-331 BCE)
The defense of Parsa
Epilogue
Appendixes : A. Timeline ; B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings ; C. Lineages of the Achaemenid royal family.
I. Introduction: Tracking an empire : The physical environment ; Why "Achaemenid"?
2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE : Iranians into Iran ; Elam ; Assyria ; Babylonia ; Anatolian kingdoms ; The Medes
3. Persia rising: a new empire : Cyrus I in an Elamite-Persian milieu ; The fall of Assyria and its aftermath ; Cyrus' conquest of the Medes ; Cyrus' conquest of Lydia and Ionia ; Cyrus in Eastern Iran and Central Asia ; Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia ; Images of Cyrus ; Cyrus in the Greek traditions ; Back to Anshan
4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition : Death of Cyrus ; King Cambyses ; Cambyses' invasion of Egypt ; The death of Cambyses and the crisis of 522 BCE ; The Bisitun inscription of Darius I ; Herodotus' version of Darius' accession (3.61-88) ; Comparisons Fission or fusion? ; Appendix: Darius' war for the succession
5. Darius, the great king : Darius triumphant, Bisitun revisited ; Consolidation and expansion ; The Scythian-Danube expedition ; Darius and the Aegean periphery ; The Ionian revolt ; Darius' second Aegean campaign and the Battle of Marathon
6. Mechanics of empire : Kings, queens, and the Royal Court ; Administration of the empire ; Tribute to the king and coins ; Satraps and provincial personnel ; The Persepolis tablets: Persian administration, economy, and stratification ; The Persian army ; Communication networks: the royal road
7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm : The death of Darius and the accession of Xerxes ; Xerxes' royal inscriptions ; Xerxes and the invasion of Greece: sources and problems ; Medism ; Earth and water ; The invasion of Greece ; The Aegean front and the Athenian problem
8. Anatomy of empire : Royal capitals ; Achaemenid royal ideology ; Achaemenid religion
9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II : Palace intrigue and the assassination of Xerxes ; Reign of Artaxerxes I ; Ezra and Nehemiah: discontent in the Levant ; Revisiting the northwestern front: Persian-Greek interchange ; From Artaxerxes I to Darius II ; The Murashu archive: land management practices in Achaemenid Babylonia ; Excursus: Achaemenid throne names ; Darius II and dynastic continuity ; Opportunity on the northwestern front
10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III : The death of Darius II and the accession of Artaxerxes II ; The war between the brothers ; Aftermath of the rebellion ; Royal inscriptions of Artaxerxes II ; Persia triumphant: the northwestern front ; Cyprus and the Egyptian problem ; Egypt in revolt and the Arshama archive ; Revolts in Anatolia ; From Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III: another succession crisis ; Inscriptions and reign of Artaxerxes III
11. Twilight of the Achaemenids : The death of Artaxerxes III, reign of Artaxerxes IV, and accession of Darius III ; Macedon rising ; Sources and problems ; The invasion begins: battles of Granicus (May 334 BCE) and Issus (November 333 BCE) and Alexander's operations in Asia Minor ; The loss of Egypt, the battle of Gaugamela, and the surrender of Babylon and Susa (332-331 BCE)
The defense of Parsa
Epilogue
Appendixes : A. Timeline ; B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings ; C. Lineages of the Achaemenid royal family.
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