Birth of the Persian Empire
By: edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart
Contributors: Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Stewart, Sarah
Series: Idea of Iran -- v. 1
Publisher: I. B. Tauris in association with The London Middle East Institute at SOAS and The British Museum; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Iran -- History; Iran -- Civilization
Description: "Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period beginning just before the formation of the Persian empire in the middle of the 6th century up to its collapse following conquest by Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BC. Eminent scholars here give a critical approach to some of the traditional interpretations and discuss topics which help the reader towards a better understanding of the formation of the Persian empire. This is the first volume in the "Idea of Iran" series which will be a four-volume collection encompassing the history of that country."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-147)