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 ...

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

The history of the Medes and of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty (named for an ancestor ... Buddhism was the dominant religion, although Manichean and Christian missionaries had spread from Iran deep ...

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 ...

Most of the Saltmen mummies recovered from the site date back to the Achaemenid Dynasty (550-330 BCE), which was the largest empire of its kind in the ancient world. At its peak, the Achaemenid ...