The Persian Empire

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Course Description

Overview

Explore the secrets of one of the greatest empires in the ancient world from a fresh perspective: its own.

Syllabus

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01: Rethinking the Persian Empire
02: Questioning the Sources
03: The World before Cyrus
04: Cyrus and Cambyses - Founders of the Empire
05: Darius I - Creator of the Imperial System
06: Persian Capitals and Royal Palaces
07: The Great King - Images and Realities
08: Royal Roads and Provinces
09: East of Persepolis
10: Challenges in the West, 513 - 494 B.C.
11: Across the Bitter Sea, 493 - 490 B.C.
12: Xerxes Becomes King
13: Xerxes's War, 480 - 479 B.C.
14: Cultures in Contact
15: Achaemenid Religion
16: From Expansion to Stability, 479 - 405 B.C.
17: The War of the Two Brothers
18: Persian Gold
19: City and Countryside
20: Women in the Persian Empire
21: Artaxerxes II - The Longest-Ruling King
22: Persia and Macedon, 359 - 333 B.C.
23: The End of an Empire, 333 - 323 B.C.
24: Legacies of the Persian Empire

Taught by

John W. I. Lee

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