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Ancient Persia: From 550 BC to 650 AD

Jamsheed K. Choksy, Josef Wiesehöfer, Azizeh Azodi

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Part 1 Introduction: the beginnings of Iranian supremacy in the ancient Near East. Part 2 Iran from Cyprus to Alexander the Great - the reign of the Achaemenids: the testimonies the king and his subjects Xsaca, Dahyava and Bagi - the kingdom, the peoples and the tributes paid to the king everyday life in Achaemenid Persis. Part 3 Macedonian domination over Iran. Part 4 Iran from Arsaces I to Artabanus IV: the Parthian reign the testimonies the king and his subjects satraps, traders, soldiers and priests - administration, economy, the army and cults in Arsacid Iran. Part 5 Iran from Ardashir I to Yazdgird III - the reign of the Sasanians: the testimonies, the king and his subjects Eranshahr - the empire, its inhabitants and their way of life. Part 6 Conclusion: the survival and rediscovery of ancient Iran.

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Key concepts: Reign, Macedonian, Ancient history, Empire, History, Law, Political science, Politics