Contents
List ofplates / x
List of text figures / xiv
List of maps / xvi
1 Elam / 1
by I. M. Diakonoff, Senior Research Worker. Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad
2 Anshan in the Median and Achaemenian Periods / 25
by J. Hansman
3 Media / 36
by I. M. Diakonoff
4 The Scyths / 149
by the late T. Sulimirski
5 The Rise of the Achaemenids and Establishment of Their Empire / 200
by J. M. Cook, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archeology, University of Bristol
6 Persia and the Greeks / 292
by A. R. Burn
7 Cyrus the Great (558-529 B.C.) / 392
by the late Max Mallowan
8 Alexander in Iran / 420
by E. Badian, John Moors Cabot Professor of History, Harvard University
9 The Persia Occupation of Egypt / 502
by E. Bresciani, Professor of Egyptology, University of Pisa
10 The Babylonian Evidence of Achaemenian Rule in Mesopotamia / 529
by the late A. L. Oppenheim
11 The Evidence of the Persepolis Tablets / 588
by the late R. T. Hallock
12 Achaemenid Coins, Weights and Measures / 610
by A. D. H. Bivar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
13 The Old Eastern Iranian World View According to the Avesta / 640
by M. Schwartz, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley
14 The Religion of Achaemenian Iran / 664
by M. Schwartz
15 Aramaic in the Achaemenian Empire / 698
by J. C. Greenfield, Professor of Ancint Semitic Languages, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
16 Old Iranian Calendars / 714
by the late Willy Hartner
17 Classic Achaemenian Architecture And Sculpture / 793
by Edith Porada, Arthur Lehman Professor Emeritus of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York
18 The Behistun Relief / 828
by Ann Farkas, Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
19 Tepe Nūsh-i Jān: the Median Settlement / 832
by Oavid Stronach, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley
20 Pasargadae / 838
by David Stronach
21 Metalwork and Glyptic
by P. R. S. Moorey, Keeper of the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Appendix I - Plant Names / 870
by H. W. Bailey, Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit, University of Cambridge
Appendix II - The Achaemenid Dynasty / 874
Bibliography / 875
Index / 931
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