Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre proposes a fresh approach to understanding the Achaemenid Empire based on her study of the regional capital, Sardis. This study uses archaeological, artistic and textual ...

The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the ...

the road to the Persian heartland lay open. There was no Achaemenid army that could be brought to oppose Alexander and his Macedonians. The rich capitals of the Achaemenid Empire lay exposed to a ...

For the kings of the Achaemenid Empire, who ruled much of the ancient Near East from 550 to 330 B.C., there was little—apart from hunting lions and conquering the world—that rivaled a rhyton ...

(Borna_Mir/ Adobe Stock) As visitors to Persepolis, capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, entered the city, they would approach a stone terrace on which a palatial precinct rose 40 feet above ...

The aim of this unit is to guide students towards the in-depth study of key events in the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and key aspects of its rich and varied culture. Special attention ...

The aim of this unit is to guide students towards the in-depth study of key events in the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and key aspects of its rich and varied culture. Special attention ...

The Persian Empire: Asia & Egypt ... Cyrus sought to make his Achaemenid Empire the greatest of them all - a true 'universal empire'. By the time of Darius an innovative system of local ...