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    Persians: The Age Of The Great Kings

    Persians: The Age Of The Great Kings

    by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

    • Global History, The Ancient World
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    The world's first superpower

    The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries, until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE.

    In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled. Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art, and archeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world’s first superpower--one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance.

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    Pages: 432
    Release Date: April 12, 2022
    ISBN: 9781541600348
    Club ID: 1426717
    Format: Regular Print
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