Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis

ISBN-13: 9780521009003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 342 str.

Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre

Opis

The Achaemenid empire (ca. 550-330 B.C.) was the first world empire, founded by Cyrus II in Southwest Iran and lower Mesopotamia. Populated by peoples of different backgrounds, languages and cultures, the empire's challenge was to construct a system that would provide for the needs of all groups. Focusing on Sardis (a regional capital in western Anatolia), the book documents how the administration successfully annexed the region and its populace into the Persian Empire.