Birth of the Persian Empire

by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart

Book Overview

Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period beginning just before the formation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350197734
• ISBN13: 9781350197732
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"