From Cyrus to Seleukos : : studies in Achaemenid and Hellenistic History / / Pierre Briant.

The present volume is a collection of articles published in English by Professor Pierre Briant of the Collège de France, in various forms over the past three decades. Pierre Briant has been instrumental in the recent revival of Achaemenid history, and the way in which he has achieved this is instru...

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Superior document:Ancient Iran Series ; 05
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Place / Publishing House:Irvine, California : : UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies,, [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Ancient Iran Series ; 05.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Pierre Briant
  • Alexander the Great and the Enlightenment: / Pierre Briant
  • Alexander and the Persian Empire, between "Decline" and "Renovation". / Pierre Briant
  • The Theme of 'Persian Decadence' in Eighteenth-Century European Historiography: / Pierre Briant
  • Grote on Alexander the Great / Pierre Briant
  • Milestones in the Development of Achaemenid Historiography in the Era of Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948) / Pierre Briant
  • Michael Rostovtzeff, Elias J. Bickerman and the "Hellenization of Asia": / Pierre Briant
  • Cyrus the Great / Pierre Briant
  • The Empire of Darius III in Perspective / Pierre Briant
  • The Seleucid Kingdom, the Achaemenid Empire and the History of the Near-East in the First Millennium B.C. / Pierre Briant
  • The Achaemenid Empire / Pierre Briant
  • From the Indus to the Mediterranean: / Pierre Briant
  • Susa and Elam in the Achaemenid Empire / Pierre Briant
  • New Trends in Achaemenid History / Pierre Briant
  • Persia and Persians / Pierre Briant.