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Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd

Hardcover

Ancient History GeneralGeneral Military HistoryIran History

Publisher Price: $40.00

ISBN10: 1541600347
ISBN13: 9781541600348
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: Apr 12 2022
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.60 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor of ancient Persia and its enduring legacies for today's Iran.

A brilliant feat of resurrection. -Tom Holland, author of Dominion

The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE.

In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled. Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art, and archaeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world's first superpower--one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance.

This is the definitive history of the Achaemenid dynasty and its legacies in modern-day Iran, a book that completely reshapes our understanding of the ancient world.

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