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History of the Persian Empire : Achaemenid period / by A.T. Olmstead.
LIBRA DS281 .O4 1948
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck), 1880-1945.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran--History--To 640.
- Iran.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix, 576 pages, 71 unnumbered pages of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plan ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1948.
- Contents:
- Ancient history
- Iranian origins
- Founder Cyrus
- Camp of the Persians
- Life among the subject peoples
- Cambyses and the conquest of Egypt
- Prophet Zoroaster
- Usurper Darius
- A new lawgiver
- From India to Europe
- Problems of the Greek frontier
- The three capitals : Ecbatana, Babylon, and Susa
- Persepolis
- A royal huckster
- Paths of the gods
- Xerxes as crown prince
- The great king and his armies
- Failure in Europe
- Delian League against Persia
- New Year's Day at Persepolis
- Overtaxation and its results
- Triumphs through diplomacy
- Oriental tales and romances
- Science without theology
- Divide and conquer
- Decision for Sparta
- Dictator to Greece
- The last Egyptian empire
- Brief recovery
- The Nile regained
- Science true and false
- Religions dying and living
- Fresh breezes from the West
- Philip and the start of the crusade
- Alexander, heir to the crusade
- The oriental god-king
- Persepolis
- the crusade ends.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 9078588
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