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King of the World
The Life of Cyrus the Great
Waters, Matt
Oxford University Press Inc
09/2022
272
Dura
Inglês
9780190927172
15 a 20 dias
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Preface
Figures and Maps
Chronological Chart/Table
Timeline
Chapter 1 DS 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 DS An Irresistible Force
A New Son Rising
Cyrus and Cassandane
The Daughters of Cyrus: Atossa and Artystone
Endnotes
Chapter 3 DS On the March
Median Problems
(More) Dreaming of Cyrus
Cyrus' War with Astyages
Go West, Young Man
Endnotes
Chapter 4 DS 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 DS 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 DS 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 DS On Sources
Endnotes
Appendix B DS Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
Appendix C DS Teispids and Achaemenids
Endotes
Bibliography
Figures and Maps
Chronological Chart/Table
Timeline
Chapter 1 DS 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 DS An Irresistible Force
A New Son Rising
Cyrus and Cassandane
The Daughters of Cyrus: Atossa and Artystone
Endnotes
Chapter 3 DS On the March
Median Problems
(More) Dreaming of Cyrus
Cyrus' War with Astyages
Go West, Young Man
Endnotes
Chapter 4 DS 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 DS 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 DS 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 DS On Sources
Endnotes
Appendix B DS Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
Appendix C DS Teispids and Achaemenids
Endotes
Bibliography
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Preface
Figures and Maps
Chronological Chart/Table
Timeline
Chapter 1 DS 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 DS An Irresistible Force
A New Son Rising
Cyrus and Cassandane
The Daughters of Cyrus: Atossa and Artystone
Endnotes
Chapter 3 DS On the March
Median Problems
(More) Dreaming of Cyrus
Cyrus' War with Astyages
Go West, Young Man
Endnotes
Chapter 4 DS 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 DS 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 DS 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 DS On Sources
Endnotes
Appendix B DS Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
Appendix C DS Teispids and Achaemenids
Endotes
Bibliography
Figures and Maps
Chronological Chart/Table
Timeline
Chapter 1 DS 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 DS An Irresistible Force
A New Son Rising
Cyrus and Cassandane
The Daughters of Cyrus: Atossa and Artystone
Endnotes
Chapter 3 DS On the March
Median Problems
(More) Dreaming of Cyrus
Cyrus' War with Astyages
Go West, Young Man
Endnotes
Chapter 4 DS 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 DS 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 DS 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 DS On Sources
Endnotes
Appendix B DS Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
Appendix C DS Teispids and Achaemenids
Endotes
Bibliography
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