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A stunning portrait ofthe magnificent splendor andenduringlegacy of ancient Persia
The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to PakistanFrom thepalacecity of PersepolisCyrus the Great Darius Xerxes and their heirs reigned supreme for centuriesuntilthe conquests of Alexander of Macedonbrought the empire to aswift and unexpectedend inthe late 330s BCE
InPersians historian Lloyd LlewellynJones tells the epic story ofthis dynasty and the world it ruledDrawing on Iranian inscriptions cuneiform tablets artand archaeology he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the worlds first superpowerone built despite its imperial ambition on cooperation and toleranceThis is the definitive history of theAchaemenid dynasty anditslegacies in modernday Iran a book that completely reshapes our understanding of the ancient world
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