The Persians -

J. M. Cook

The Folio Society

1999

348 páginas

11h 36m

ISBN-1: 0

The story of the Persian Empire is the story of the Achaemenid Dynasty. Descended from Achaemenes, a minor ruler from a mountainous district of Southwest Iran, the Achaemenids came into power in when Cyrus I--later known as Cyrus the Great--established the Persian Empire. J.M. Cook chronicles the battles, marriages, schemes and accomplishments of Cyrus' twelve descendant rulers until 330 BCE when Darius III died in his flight from Alexander the Great.