From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Pierre Briant

From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire


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Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. Wieseh鰂er, Ancient Persia; M. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbraun, 2002. Briant, From Cyrus to Alexander, a History of the Persian Empire; J. ISBN 9780520205734; Sykes, Percy. He listened to the opinions of non-Persians but mainly depended on Persians to administer the empire, building on the work of Cyrus the Great who divided the territory into provinces (Satrapies). €�Speculation on the Origins of Coinage,” Historia 7: 257–262. From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (trans. From Cyrus to Alexander: a history of the Persian Empire. Basic secondary literature include: P. It was created and used as a foundation deposit following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when the Neo-Babylonian Empire was invaded by Cyrus and incorporated into his Persian Empire. The text The Babylonian king Nabonidus, (see earlier Cylinder of Nabonidus), who was defeated and deposed by Cyrus, is denounced as an impious oppressor of the people of Babylonia and his low-born origins are implicitly contrasted to Cyrus's kingly heritage. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 1996. Tauris, 2001 [1996]); Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (trans. [1] Josef Wiesehöfer, Ancient Persia From 550 BC to 650 AD (trans.