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 rich capitals of the Achaemenid Empire lay exposed to a foreign invader for the first time. Yet, there were those who were still determined to resist. Ariobarzanes, satrap of Persis ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The Achaemenid empire (ca. 550-330 B.C.) was the first world empire, founded by ...

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 ...

Drawing on the rich history of 'multi-national' empires that had dominated the region since the third millennium BC, Cyrus sought to make his Achaemenid Empire the greatest of them all - a true ...