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Author : Jack Martin Balcer
Release : 1993-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 728/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Prosopographical Study of the Ancient Persians Royal and Noble, C. 550-450 B.C. by : Jack Martin Balcer
Download or read book A Prosopographical Study of the Ancient Persians Royal and Noble, C. 550-450 B.C. written by Jack Martin Balcer. This book was released on 1993-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Release : 2014-02-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 119/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Download or read book King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE written by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. This book was released on 2014-02-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the representation of Persian monarchy and the court of the Achaemenid Great Kings from the point of view of the ancient Iranians themselves and through the sometimes distorted prism of Classical authors.
Author : Janett Morgan
Release : 2016-11-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 244/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Greek Perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire by : Janett Morgan
Download or read book Greek Perspectives on the Achaemenid Empire written by Janett Morgan. This book was released on 2016-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the Greek view of Persia and Persians change so radically in the archaic and classical Greek sources that they turned from noble warriors into peacock-loving cross-dressers with murderous mothers? This book looks at the development of a range of responses to the Achaemenids and their Empire. Through a study of ancient texts and material evidence from the archaic and classical periods, Janett Morgan investigates the historical, political and social factors that inspired and manipulated different identities for Persia and the Persians within Greece.
Author : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Release : 2023-03-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 297/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Download or read book Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther written by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. This book was released on 2023-03-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an unusual melange of information which can enlighten scholars of Ancient Iranian Studies whilst offering Biblical scholars access into the Persian world from which the text emerged. In this book, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones unlocks the text of Esther by reading it against the rich iconographic world of ancient Persia and of the Near East. Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther is a cultural and iconographic exploration of an important, but often undervalued, biblical book, and Llewellyn-Jones presents the book of Esther as a rich source for the study of life and thought in the Persian Empire. The author reveals answers to important questions, such as the role of the King's courtiers in influencing policy, the way concubines at court were recruited, the structure of the harem in shifting the power of royal women, the function of feasting and drinking in the articulation of courtly power, and the meaning of gift-giving and patronage at the Achaemenid court.
Author : Amélie Kuhrt
Release : 2013-04-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 945/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Persian Empire by : Amélie Kuhrt
Download or read book The Persian Empire written by Amélie Kuhrt. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a wide variety of material in many different languages that exists from the substantial body of work left by this large empire, The Persian Empire presents annotated translations, together with introductions to the problems of using it in order to gain an understanding of the history and working os this remarkable political entity. The Achaemenid empire developed in the region of modern Fars (Islam) and expanded to unite territories stretching from the Segean and Egypt in the west to Central Asia and north-west India, which it ruled for over 200 years until its conquest by Alexander of Macedon. Although all these regions had long since been in contact with each other, they had never been linked under a single regime. The Persian empire represents an important phase of transformation for its subjects, such as the Jews, as well as those living on its edges, such as the European Greeks.
