Publication

2022 - Basic Books, New York, USA

Language

English

Word Count

108,000 words, Guess

Page Count

432 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781541600348
  • ISBN-101541600347
  • Better World Books9781541600348
  • Open LibraryOL34988880M

Description

A history of the Persian Empire from a Persian perspective (as much as that's possible) from its founding in the early 600 BCE by Cyrus I to its end in 330 BCE with the death of Darius III.

First Sentence

At the Nowruz festival in the spring of 488 BCE, the time in which the Persians celebrated their New Year with feasting, partying, and gift-giving, Darius, Great King, King of Kings, King of All Lands, the Achaemenid, sat on his throne in the heart of his palace-city of Persepolis and magnanimously received the homage of his empire.

Subjects

Places

People

CyrusDariusXerxesCambysesHerodotusAlexanderArtaxerxes

Times

600bce-330bce

Other Editions

  • Persians: The Age of the Great KingsHardcoverBasic Books2022-01-01

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