History of the Persian Empire / Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead
Series: Phoenix books
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
Subjects: History
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: Ancient history; title: Iranian origins; title: Founder Cyrus; title: Camp of the Persians; title: Life among the subject peoples; title: Cambyses and the conquest of Egypt; title: Prophet Zoroaster; title: Usurper Darius; title: A new lawgiver; title: From India to Europe; title: Problems of the Greek frontier; title: The three capitals : Ecbatana, Babylon, and Susa; title: Persepolis; title: A royal huckster; title: Paths of the gods; title: Xerxes as crown prince; title: The great king and his armies; title: Failure in Europe; title: Delian League against Persia; title: New Year's Day at Persepolis; title: Overtaxation and its results; title: Triumphs through diplomacy; title: Oriental tales and romances; title: Science without technology; title: Divide and conquer; title: Decision for Sparta; title: Dictator to Greece; title: The last Egyptian empire; title: Brief recovery; title: The Nile regained; title: Science true and false; title: Religions dying and living; title: Fresh breezes from the West; title: Philip and the start of the crusade; title: Alexander, heir to the crusade; title: The oriental god-king; title: Persepolis : the crusade ends.