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“Achaemenid Peace”: A Historiographical Construct and Achaemenid Imperial Ideology
ISTORIYA, 2023The article deals with the historiographical construct of the “Achaemenid Peace”, referred to by modern researchers as Pax Achaemenica (alternative designation — Pax Achaemenidica) and Pax Persica (alternative designation — Pax Persiana) by analogy with Pax Romana and Pax Augusta.
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2005
Abstract Panhellenists delighted to sneer at Persia and Persians, especially at their military performance. Isocrates above all argued that whether Persia was strong or weak the Greeks should unite in attacking it but that in fact Persia would be easily overcome (cf. 4. 139–57). This was not, he conceded (4. 138, 5.
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Abstract Panhellenists delighted to sneer at Persia and Persians, especially at their military performance. Isocrates above all argued that whether Persia was strong or weak the Greeks should unite in attacking it but that in fact Persia would be easily overcome (cf. 4. 139–57). This was not, he conceded (4. 138, 5.
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The Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid ceramics of Qaleh Kali, Iran
2014The archaeology of Achaemenid (c. 550 – 330 BCE) Iran has, until quite recently, been dominated by the excavations of the royal capitals: Persepolis, Pasargadae and Susa. While these sites provide invaluable information regarding aspects of Achaemenid culture, particularly monumental (palatial) architecture and sculpture, there are comparatively few ...
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2009
Abstract The Achaemenid (Persian) Empire was the largest of all ancient Near Eastern “world empires,” spanning from Egypt to Central Asia and the Indus region. Its formation began after 550 B.C.E. when the petty king Cyrus of Anshan/Fars in southwestern Iran and his son Cambyses conquered the mighty Medes and the empires of Lydia ...
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Abstract The Achaemenid (Persian) Empire was the largest of all ancient Near Eastern “world empires,” spanning from Egypt to Central Asia and the Indus region. Its formation began after 550 B.C.E. when the petty king Cyrus of Anshan/Fars in southwestern Iran and his son Cambyses conquered the mighty Medes and the empires of Lydia ...
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Taxation in the Achaemenid Empire
2015Abstract The present contribution treats taxation in the Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire, which lasted from 538 to 330 b.c.e. Its focus lies on information derived from the cuneiform texts discovered in Babylonia and Iran. Until very recently, Greek authors, in particular Herodotus, were used almost exclusively as sources of ...
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