The Persian Empire was the world's dominant geo-political force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in the 330s BCE. Much of the empire's territory was conquered by its founder, Cyrus the Great. King of the World provides the most cohesive and readable portrait of the ruler, whose immense impact on ancient civilization is not fully appreciated.
The Persian Empire was the world's dominant geo-political force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in the 330s BCE. Much of the empire's territory was conquered by its founder, Cyrus the Great. King of the World provides the most cohesive and readable portrait of the ruler, whose immense impact on ancient civilization is not fully appreciated.
Matt Waters is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is the author of Ctesias' Persica and Its Near Eastern Context and Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE, among other works.
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Preface Figures and Maps Chronological Chart/Table Timeline Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Kings of Anshan Scope and Scale: The Cusp of the First World Empire An Achaemenid Renaissance Setting the Historical Stage Persians and Iranians The Kingdom of Anshan/Parsumash among the Great Powers pp. 14-23 Cyrus I A Royal Heirloom What's in a (Throne) Name? Endnotes Chapter 2 - An Irresistible Force A New Son Rising Cyrus and Cassandane The Daughters of Cyrus: Atossa and Artystone Endnotes Chapter 3 - On the March Median Problems (More) Dreaming of Cyrus Cyrus' War with Astyages Go West, Young Man Endnotes Chapter 4 - The Chosen One The Conquest of Babylonia Cyrus' Babylonian Inscriptions The Cyrus Cylinder Royal Inscriptions from Uruk and Ur The Verse Account A Time of Transition Endnotes Chapter 5 - The Imperial Project (Re)Ordering the World The Roads Go Ever On The Persian Army A Unifying Ideology More Territory, More Capitals Pasargadae Tomb of Cyrus Gate R Palaces S and P Paradise Found, The Royal Garden The Zendan and the Tall-i Takht Exit Pasargadae Cyrus the Polytheist Endnotes Chapter 6 - Legacies The Death of Cyrus Reality and Imagination Recalling Cyrus: Alexander III of Macedon Subtle but Formidable Remembrances Conclusions: New out of Old Endnotes Appendix A - On Sources Endnotes Appendix B - Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder Appendix C - Teispids and Achaemenids Endotes Bibliography
Preface Figures and Maps Chronological Chart/Table Timeline Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Kings of Anshan Scope and Scale: The Cusp of the First World Empire An Achaemenid Renaissance Setting the Historical Stage Persians and Iranians The Kingdom of Anshan/Parsumash among the Great Powers pp. 14-23 Cyrus I A Royal Heirloom What's in a (Throne) Name? Endnotes Chapter 2 - An Irresistible Force A New Son Rising Cyrus and Cassandane The Daughters of Cyrus: Atossa and Artystone Endnotes Chapter 3 - On the March Median Problems (More) Dreaming of Cyrus Cyrus' War with Astyages Go West, Young Man Endnotes Chapter 4 - The Chosen One The Conquest of Babylonia Cyrus' Babylonian Inscriptions The Cyrus Cylinder Royal Inscriptions from Uruk and Ur The Verse Account A Time of Transition Endnotes Chapter 5 - The Imperial Project (Re)Ordering the World The Roads Go Ever On The Persian Army A Unifying Ideology More Territory, More Capitals Pasargadae Tomb of Cyrus Gate R Palaces S and P Paradise Found, The Royal Garden The Zendan and the Tall-i Takht Exit Pasargadae Cyrus the Polytheist Endnotes Chapter 6 - Legacies The Death of Cyrus Reality and Imagination Recalling Cyrus: Alexander III of Macedon Subtle but Formidable Remembrances Conclusions: New out of Old Endnotes Appendix A - On Sources Endnotes Appendix B - Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder Appendix C - Teispids and Achaemenids Endotes Bibliography
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