{"product_id":"ancient-persia-a-concise-history-of-the-achaemenid-empire-550-330-bce-0521253691","title":"Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521253691\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Waters, Matt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c. 550-330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52208250552608,"sku":"NEW0521253691","price":35.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81Oqj2g03hL.jpg?v=1787136685","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/ancient-persia-a-concise-history-of-the-achaemenid-empire-550-330-bce-0521253691","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}