The Persians (Time-Life Emergence of Man).pdf

Time-Life | 1976 | Pdf | Eng | 160 pag | ISBN10: 070540126X | 25.5 MB

Contents

Chapter One: The Giant Imperial Machine 8
Picture Essay: Tribute from a Parade of Nations 35

Chapter Two : A Genius for Organization 44
Picture Essay: Royal Routines at Five Busy Capitals 63

Chapter Three : Generating a New Prosperity 70
Picture Essay : The Aristocratic Art of Ostentation 85

Chapter Four : The Voice of Zoroaster 92
Chapter Five: Persepolis—Diadem of the Realm 106

Picture Essay: The Memory of Vanished Majesty 125
Chapter Six : The Gift to the West 132

Picture Essay: Heirs to the Mantle of Cyrus 147