TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kuhrt,Amélie
TI  - The Persian Empire: a corpus of sources from the Achaemenid period 
SN  - 9780415436281 (hbk.)
AV  - DS281 .P47 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Achaemenid dynasty,
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - To 640
KW  - Sources
KW  - Quelle
N1  - Originally published: 2007; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. The sources -- Prehistory and formation of the empire (c.750-520). The Medes ; Cyrus the Great ; The reign of Cambyses ; From Cambyses to Darius I -- Achaemenid history and its problems. The empire under Darius I : expansion, revolt, consolidation ; The reign of Xerxes ; From Artaxerxes I to the last years of Darius II (465-405) ; Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes II (405-338) ; The fall of the Achaemenid  empire (338-330) -- Kings and kingship. Images of empire, visions of majesty and the divine framework ; The organisation of the court ; Mechanisms of power -- Achaemenid imperial organisation. Tribute, tax, imposts ; Routes and communication networks ; Bureaucracy, production, settlement ; Unity and diversity
ER  -