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The Persian Empire

Lee, John W. I. Book on CD - 2012 BOCD 935.05 Le Oversize 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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Professor John W. I. Lee presents 24 lectures (30 min. each) on 12 CDs.
Compact discs.
Rethinking the Persian Empire -- Questioning the Sources -- The World before Cyrus -- Cyrus and Cambyses--Founders of the Empire -- Darius I--Creator of the Imperial System -- Persian Capitals and Royal Palaces -- The Great King--Images and Realities -- Royal Roads and Provinces -- East of Persepolis -- Challenges in the West, 513-494 B.C. -- Across the Bitter Sea, 493-490 B.C. -- Xerxes Becomes King -- Xerxes's War, 480-479 B.C. -- Cultures in Contact -- Achaemenid Religion -- From Expansion to Stability, 479-405 B.C. -- The War of the Two Brothers -- Persian Gold -- City and Countryside -- Women in the Persian Empire -- Artaxerxes II--The Longest-Ruling King -- Persia and Macedon, 359-333 B.C. -- The End of an Empire, 333-323 B.C. -- Legacies of the Persian Empire.
Lecturer, John W. I. Lee.

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Great courses. Ancient history.



PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 12 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781598038231
1598038230

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.

SUBJECTS
Xerxes -- I, -- King of Persia, -- 519-465 or 4 B.C.
Iran -- History -- To 640.