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Persia. The birth and collapse of an ancient superpower

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Persia. The birth and collapse of an ancient superpower
14.99 €
On the modern world map, the powerful ancient empire of Persia resembles only the Persian Gulf. The territory of the once powerful state of antiquity is now occupied by several countries: Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Georgia, Bulgaria, etc.
How did the Persian kings manage to control such a vast country? British historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones explains the governing principles of this ancient superpower, recreates the lives of its subjects in detail, and paints colorful portraits of its rulers, partly destroying the idea of them as bloodthirsty tyrants, created once by ancient Greek historians, and from there migrated to European historiography.
The reader will see such great figures of antiquity as Cyrus II, Darius I, Xerxes I, Darius III, the world of their everyday life, family passions and beliefs will be revealed. The book will introduce all the main stages of ancient Persian history: the large-scale conquests of Cyrus the Great, the centralization and flourishing of the empire under Darius I, the centuries-old rivalry between the Persians and the Greeks and the collapse of the power under the onslaught of Alexander the Great.
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