A political history of the achaemenid empire /
por MA Dandamaev, traducida al Inglés por WJ Vogelsang.
- 373 páginas : ilustraciones ; 25 centímetros
The achaemenid dynasty in early period -- Cyrus II. king of persis -- War with the Medes -- War with Lydia and the emergence of the achaemenid state -- The conquest of eastern Iran and west central Asia -- War with Babylonia and the fall of Syria -- The campaign against the massagetae and Cyrus' death -- The conquest of Egypt -- Coup d'Etat in Iran -- The policy of Gaumata -- The accesion of Darius I -- Revolts in Persia and other countries -- The victory proclamation of Darius -- The campaign against the Saka Tigraxauda -- Darius in Egypt -- The conquest of Hindush and Macedonia and the Scythian campaign of Darius -- The Ionian revolt -- The beginning of the Persian -- Greek wars --The Battle of Marathon -- Revolts in Egypt and Babylonia -- Xerxes' war with Greece -- Persian.