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The Persian Empire - A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period (Hardcover, New)
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The Persian Empire - A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period (Hardcover, New)
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This lavish set of books contains the most complete collection of
raw material for reconstructing the history of the Achaemenid
Persian Empire to date. Studying Achaemenid history has been
difficult in the past because original sources include texts from
hugely disparate origins, many different languages and various
periods in history; the risk is to rely too heavily on biased and
often inaccurate Greek and Roman sources. Amelie Kuhrt presents
here an unprecedented collection of key texts to form a balanced
representation of all aspects of the Empire, in translations from
their original Greek, Old Persian, Akkadian, Hebrew, Aramaic,
Egyptian or Latin. Kuhrt selects from classical writers, the Old
Testament, royal inscriptions, administrative documents and
Babylonian historical writing, as well as the evidence of
monuments, artefacts and archaeological sites. All material is
accompanied by a detailed introduction to the sources and
guidelines to their interpretation. A truly monumental achievement,
this collection will prove to be a major resource for any student
of Persian history, from undergraduate level to the advanced
scholar.
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