| Description |
320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-311) and index. |
| Contents |
Before the Achaemenids -- Cyrus the Great and the early Achaemenids -- Darius the Great -- Xerxes and limits of empire -- The Achaemenid Empire from Artaxerxes I to the rise of Macedon -- Darius III and the fall of the empire -- The Seleucids and the rise of the Parthians -- Parthia challenges Rome -- Parthia from Mark Antony to the Alan invasions -- Emperor Trajan's bid to destroy Parthia -- The decline and fall of Parthia -- The rise of the Sassanian Dynasty -- Shapur II: a new revival of Sassanian Persia -- The tumultuous fifth century -- The Kavad era -- Khosrow I, renaissance and revival -- The final glory and the decline of the empire -- Downfall of the Sassanians and the Islamic conquests -- The legacy of Persia after the Islamic conquests. |
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Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.
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Parthians.
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Sassanids.
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Military history, Ancient.
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Iran -- History -- To 640.
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| ISBN |
1846031087 (hbk.) |
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9781846031083 (hbk.) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2460337 |
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AU@ 000041707869 |
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NZ1 11149396 |
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NLGGC 301543070 |
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