Middle East and Egypt in the era of the Achaemenid 3101-DMWIE
1. Introduction.
2. Kingdom of the Medes and “ The Histories” of Herodotus
3. Cyrus the Great, king of Anshan
4. Cambyses: the conquest of Egypt and the revolt in Persia
5. Darius I the Great: conspiracy of seven, gaining power, the organization of the empire
6. Capitals of the empire
7. The royal court; ideology of royal power
8. Achaemenid army
9. Religion
10. Mesopotamia during the Achaemenid rule
11. Judah
12. Satrapies of Asia Minor
13 Egypt: first and second Persian domination
14 India & Central Asia
15 Alexander the Great "the last Achemenid king"
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Student describes and analyses political, military, religious, social, cultural and economic features of the Achaemenid empire
Bibliography
BRIANT, P. 2002, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. NY
CURTIS, J. and N.TALLIS, eds. (2005). Forgotten Empire: The World of Achaemenid Persia.London.
KHURT, A. 2007. The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. London.
SANCISI-WEERDENBERG, H. 1987 -). Achaemenid History. Vols. I-XIII. Leiden.
SCHMIDT, E. 1953-1970. Persepolis. Vols. I-III. Chicago.
WIESEHOFER, J. 2001. Ancient Persia. New York.
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