Excavating an empire : Achaemenid Persia in longue durée / edited by Touraj Daryaee, Ali Mousavi and Khodadad Rezakhani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daryaee, Touraj, 1967-

Mousavi, Ali.

Rezakhani, Khodadad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Iran--History--To 640.

Iran.

History.

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

ix, 232 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Costa Mesa, California : Mazda Publishers, 2014.

Contents:

PART I. History

The Achaemenid Empire in the Context of World History (550-330 BCE) / T. Daryaee and Kh. Rezakhani

Designation of the Empire and Its Political Concepts of Darius I according to Old Persian Records / C. Herrenschmidt

"An Admirer of Persian Ways" : Alexander the Great's Reforms in Parthia-Hyrcania and the Iranian Heritage / M.J. Olbrycht

Darius the First, the Ninth King / M. Waters

PART II. Archaeology and Material Culture

The Pre-Imperial Persians at the Land of Anshan : Some Preliminary Observations / K. Abdi & M.-T. Atayi

The Cultural Heritage of the Aristocracy of Persis during the Hellenistic Period / P. Callieri

The Achaemenid Coinage : Regal and Satrapal Coins / A. Gariboldi

Sailing to Pasargadae / D.T. Potts

The Palace Architecture of the Achaemenids under Scrutiny : an Approach to the Problem of its Origin / A. Tourovetz

Landscape, Sources and Architecture at the Archaeological Remains of Achaemenid Sīstān (East Iran) : Dahān-i Gholāmān / B. Genito

PART III. Religion and Culture

Ancestors, Corpses, Kings, and the Land : Symbolic Constructs in Ancient India and Iran / B. Lincoln

The Achaemenian Power Between Tolerance and Authoritarianism : Possible or Impossible Comparison with Modern Phenomena / A. Panaino

"Excellence in Soul and Nobly Bred to Grandeur" : Contemporary External Texts Relating to Achaemenid Belief and Practice / J. Rose

PART IV. Remembering the Achaemenids

Ancient Persia in Cinema / W. Soward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781568592985

1568592981

OCLC:

861335203