The Cambridge history of Iran. Volume 2, The Median and Achaemenian periods / edited by Ilya Gershev...
The Cambridge history of Iran. Volume 2, The Median and Achaemenian periods / edited by Ilya Gershev...
The Cambridge history of Iran. Volume 2, The Median and Achaemenian periods / edited by Ilya Gershevitch. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
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English
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Physical content
1 online resource (xvii, 946 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Elam / I.M. Daikonoff -- Anshan in the Median and Achaemenian Periods / J. Hansman -- Media / I.M. Diakonoff -- The Scyths / T. Sulimirski -- The rise of the Achaemenids and the establishment of their empire / J.M. Cook -- Persia and the Greeks / A.R. Burn -- Alexander in Iran / E. Radian -- The Per...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1985.
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Summary
The second volume describes the formation, in the sixth century BC, of the earliest multi-national empire, its administration, its confrontation with Greece, and its eventual dissolution under the impact of Alexander's conquest of Iran in 331 BC. This was a time of great importance in the history of the entire Middle East, and embraced figures of t...
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The Cambridge history of Iran. Volume 2, The Median and Achaemenian periods / edited by Ilya Gershevitch. [electronic resource]
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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English
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74VKVwNO78qO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVwNO78qO
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ISBN
1-139-05493-7
DDC
935.05
MMS ID
991023965623402626
