ACHAEMENIDS

ăkˌəmĕnˈĭdz, dynasty of ancient Persia. They were descended presumably from one Achaemenes, a minor ruler in a mountainous district of SW Iran. His successors, when Elam declined, spread their power westward. Cyrus the Great established the Persian rule by his conquest of Astyages of Media. The Achaemenids (c.550–330 b.c.) were important for their development of government administration, the appearance of literature written in cuneiform, and the spread of Zoroastrianism; during this period there was also a great flourishing of Persian art and architecture. The Achaemenid rulers after Cyrus were Cambyses II, the impostor Smerdis, Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Xerxes II, Sogdianus, Darius II, Artaxerxes II (opposed by Cyrus the Younger), Artaxerxes III, Arses, and Darius III. The dynasty ended when Darius III died in his flight from Alexander the Great.

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books on: Achaemenids  - 252 results

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Iran
Book by Richard N. Frye; Henry Holt, 1953
Subjects: Iran
...Introduction----- The Achaemenids----- The Con quest of Alexander the...of the cuneiform inscriptions of the Achaemenids, and Avestan, which is the language...does not become clear so quickly. The Achaemenids gave Iran her first great empire, the...
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The Provinces of the Roman Empire: From Caesar to Diocletian - Vol. 2
Book by Theodor Mommsen, William P. Dickson; Charles Scribners Sons, 1887
Subjects: Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...the old Persian royal family of the Achaemenids and its first great-king Cyrus, united...and disappeared. In the epoch of the Achaemenids, the culminating point of the glory...the old and the new Persian rule--the Achaemenids and the Sassanids; this period of five...
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The King Is Dead: Studies in the Near Eastern Resistance to Hellenism, 334-31 B. C
Book by Samuel K. Eddy; University of Nebraska Press, 1961
Subjects: Hellenism, History, Ancient, Middle East--History, Middle East--Religion
...nationalities. Persis, homeland of the Achaemenids and of the Empires satraps, Persis which...Greco-Makedonian regime replaced the Achaemenids. Xenophon, as a high officer of that...of coming Oriental successors of the Achaemenids on account of his injustice and cruelty...
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Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C
Book by Maria Brosius; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Achaemenid Dynasty--559-330 B.C, Iran--Civilization--To 640, Iran--Kings And Rulers, Women In Politics--Iran--History, Women--Iran--History, Women--Iran--Social Conditions, Women--Iran--Social Life And Customs
...the status of a royal wife under the Achaemenids, and his observations did not lead...History of Iran , "The Rise of the Achaemenids and Establishment of the Empire...INTRODUCTION Monarchic rule by the Achaemenids was supported by an organized political...
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Philostratus's Heroikos: Religion and Cultural Identity in the Third Century C.E
Book by Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Christianity And Literature--Rome, Civilization, Greco-Roman, In Literature, Dialogues, Greek--History And Criticism, Heroes In Literature, Philostratus--The Athenian--2nd/3rd Cent--Heroicus, Protesilaus (Greek Mythology), Religion And Literature--Rome, Religion In Literature, Trojan War--Literature And The War
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journal articles on: Achaemenids  - 13 results

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Artaxerxes, Ardasir, and Bahman
Journal article by Said Amir Arjomand; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 118, 1998
Subjects: Ardasir (Persian king)--Research, Artaxerxes II (Persian king)--Research, Bahman (Persian king)--Research, Iran--Religion, Zoroastrianism--Research
...Persian form of Ardasir.(1) Of the three Achaemenids, Artaxerxes II (404-358 B.C.E.) ruled...insistence on the Zoroastrianism of the Achaemenids is not universally accepted, the religious...E., of the historical memory of the Achaemenids is well known and much discussed. Its...
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The House of the God Who Dwells in Jerusalem
Journal article by Lisbeth S. Fried; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 126, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Priester und Leviten im Achamenidischen Juda (Book)--Book reviews, Temple Restoration in Early Achaemenid Judah (Book)--Book reviews
...off from the political power which the Achaemenids gave to the administrators of the cult...the primary question is, Why did the Achaemenids rebuild the temple of YHWH in Jerusalem...already huge conglomerates when the Achaemenids burst on the scene. In what way would...
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The Persians
Journal article by Richard W. Bulliet; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Persians (Book)--Book reviews
...through history strictly in tune to changes in ruling dynasty: Achaemenids; Alexander, Seleucids, and Parthians; Sasanians; "Non-Iranian...receive forty-four pages, and the five centuries separating the Achaemenids from the Sasanians fill only twenty pages. In most instances...
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The Origin and Diffusion of Qanats in Arabia: New Evidence from the Northern and Southern Peninsula
Journal article by Dale R. Lightfoot; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 166, 2000
Subjects: Aquifers--Middle East, Arabian Peninsula--Water-supply, History--Middle East, Water-supply engineering--Middle East
...AD) continued the work begun by the Achaemenids, and controlled Mesopotamia by the mid-second...this east Arabian territory from the Achaemenids, just as it did the northern Peninsula...229 AD) continued work begun by the Achaemenids, and may have been the first to construct...
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Persepolis: Glanzende Haupstadt der Perserreichs
Journal article by Kamyar Abdi; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Persepolis: Glanzende Haupstadt der Perserreichs (Book)--Reviews
...chapters. Chapter 1 presents a historical introduction to the Achaemenids, Persepolis during Achaemenid and Sasanian times, history...Persepolis, and the religion of the Persians--both of the Achaemenids of the sixth to fourth centuries B.C. and of the Sasanians...
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Persia Xerxes and Attendents
Magazine article by Karl Cole; School Arts, Vol. 100, February 2001
Subjects: Iran--Art, Xerxes, King of Persia--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...warred constantly with the Assyrians and were finally brought down in 549 BC by Cyrus the Great (559-529 BC), the head of the Achaemenids, another nomadic Persian people. Cyrus defeat of the Median king, Astyages, united the Persian peoples into a single kingdom...
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The True Caliph of the Arabian Nights: Hugh Kennedy Examines the Life of One of the Most Powerful Men in the World in the Eighth Century
Magazine article by Hugh Kennedy; History Today, Vol. 54, September 2004
Subjects: Abbasid dynasty, 750-1258--6th-10th century AD, Abbasid dynasty, 750-1258--History, Arabian Nights (Folk tale)--History, Caliphs--6th-10th century AD, Caliphs--Behavior, Caliphs--History, Caliphs--Public opinion, Folk literature--6th-10th century AD, Folk literature--History, Folklore--6th-10th century AD, Folklore--History, Iraq--Economic aspects, Iraq--History, Iraq--Political aspects, Iraq--Social aspects, Middle East--Economic aspects, Middle East--History, Middle East--Political aspects, Middle East--Social aspects, al-Rashid, Harun--Behavior, al-Rashid, Harun--History, al-Rashid, Harun--Public opinion
...Abbasids (though not native Mesopotamians) were the final successors of the kings of Sumer and Akkad, of the Babylonians, Achaemenids and Sasanians who had used the resources of the alluvial plain of southern Iraq to create mighty imperial systems. It is...
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Ancient and Modern
Magazine article by Hywel Williams; New Statesman, Vol. 137, March 3, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran (Book)--Book reviews
...Farsi speakers who moved into what we now call Iran around 1000 BC, kick off a narrative that moves elegantly on to the Achaemenids, the dynasty that turned Persia into a world power and ancient Greeces greatest single foe. East of the Caspian, and during...


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encyclopedia articles on: Achaemenids  - 11 results

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Achaemenids
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACHAEMENIDS ak men idz, dynasty of ancient Persia. They were descended presumably from one Achaemenes, a minor ruler in a mountainous...their power westward. Cyrus the Great established the Persian rule by his conquest of Astyages of Media . The Achaemenids (c.550 330 b.c.) were important for their development of government administration, the appearance of literature written...
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Persia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...strength of the early Persians. The Achaemenids By the 6th cent. b.c. the early Persians...one Achaemenes, or Hakhamanesh (see Achaemenids , were associated with the Medes, who...endure long under his successors, the Achaemenids. From the beginning the Persians built...
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Cyrus the Great
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CYRUS THE GREAT si r s, d. 529 b.c., king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire. According to Herodotus, he was the son of an Iranian noble, the elder Cambyses, and a Median princess...
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Mithra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...he was called Mitra). Until the 6th cent. b.c., Mithra was apparently a minor figure in the Zoroastrian system. Under the Achaemenids, Mithra became increasingly important, until he appeared in the 5th cent. b.c. as the principal Persian deity, the god of...
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Kharga
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...chief settlement, is a rail terminus. The oasis was prosperous in ancient times, and there are ruins of temples built by the Achaemenids of ancient Persia and by the Romans. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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