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The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties (History of Iran) Paperback – December 11, 2018
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Students of ancient history are well aware of the Persians. A still-present cultural and linguistic group, the Persians are the founders of today’s modern-day nation of Iran. They trace their roots back to the Aryans of Northern Europe, but over the course of time, they managed to assert a distinct identity that led to the formation of some of the world’s most powerful empires.
One of the most shocking things about the Persians is how quickly they went from an obscure, powerless, and nomadic tribe to an immense empire that spanned across western Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe. The rise of Cyrus the Great, considered the father of Persia, in the 7th century BCE, filled the power vacuum caused by the fall of the Assyrians, and it led to the formation of one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world.
The Persians have made significant contributions to world culture, ranging from their ability to raise and train one of the ancient world’s most formidable fighting forces, the Persian Immortals, to their new and effective ways of organizing and administering government. And Persian art heavily influenced their Muslim invaders, helping to usher in the Islamic Golden Age that helped spread Islam throughout the Middle East and Africa.
In The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties, you will discover topics such as
- Who Are the Persians? The History of Human Population in Iran
- The Birth of the Achaemenid Empire: The Rise and Reign of Cyrus the Great
- The Glory of the Achaemenid Empire: Cambyses & Darius
- The Beginning of the End: The Reign of Xerxes and the Downfall of the Achaemenid Dynasty
- Life in Ancient Persia
- The Persian Military
- Zoroastrianism: Persia’s Religion
- Later Persian Dynasties: The Parthian Empire to the Qajar Dynasty
- Persian Art: Mixing East and West
- Persian Contributions to Science and Technology
- And much, much more!
- Print length116 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateDecember 11, 2018
- Dimensions6 x 0.29 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101791554105
- ISBN-13978-1791554101
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- Publisher : Independently published (December 11, 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 116 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1791554105
- ISBN-13 : 978-1791554101
- Item Weight : 3.53 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.29 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,133,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #397 in Iran History
- #1,984 in History of Education
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Customers find the book informative and interesting. It provides a good overview of Persian history in a concise and easy-to-read format suitable for beginners and casual readers. The content is well-researched and presented in an interesting way.
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Customers find the book informative and engaging. It provides a good overview of the history of the Persian Empire and its significant contributions to world culture. The book is concise and to the point, making it a good starting point for learning about this fascinating period in history.
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2018kindle unlimited but may be one of my owned one, hard to keep up since so many of these come out weekly/monthly, so many that have had to stop doing running full list, so for that look on amazon/goodreads, though did note below for this one books specifically related to this are that are already out, though have kept up with my personal list on goodreads but just by editing the Titanic: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Unsinkable Ship RMS Titanic, Including Survivor Stories and a Real Romance Story because one of the last did that pretty sure is correct order with all of them {added a couple of so recent ones to keep list up to date}
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Students of ancient history are well aware of the Persians. A still-present cultural and linguistic group, the Persians are the founders of today’s modern-day nation of Iran. They trace their roots back to the Aryans of Northern Europe, but over the course of time, they managed to assert a distinct identity that led to the formation of some of the world’s most powerful empires. One of the most shocking things about the Persians is how quickly they went from an obscure, powerless, and nomadic tribe to an immense empire that spanned across western Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe. The rise of Cyrus the Great, considered the father of Persia, in the 7th century BCE, filled the power vacuum caused by the fall of the Assyrians, and it led to the formation of one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world.
The Persians have made significant contributions to world culture, ranging from their ability to raise and train one of the ancient world’s most formidable fighting forces, the Persian Immortals, to their new and effective ways of organizing and administering government. And Persian art heavily influenced their Muslim invaders, helping to usher in the Islamic Golden Age that helped spread Islam throughout the Middle East and Africa. In The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties, you will discover topics such as Who Are the Persians? The History of Human Population in Iran The Birth of the Achaemenid Empire: The Rise and Reign of Cyrus the Great The Glory of the Achaemenid Empire: Cambyses & Darius The Beginning of the End: The Reign of Xerxes and the Downfall of the Achaemenid Dynasty Life in Ancient Persia The Persian Military Zoroastrianism: Persia’s Religion Later Persian Dynasties: The Parthian Empire to the Qajar Dynasty Persian Art: Mixing East and West Persian Contributions to Science and Technology And much, much more!
Achaemenid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the First Persian Empire Founded by Cyrus the Great, and How This Empire of Ancient Persia Fought Against the Ancient Greeks in the Greco-Persian Wars
Sasanian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Neo-Persian Empire that Ruled Before the Arab Conquest of Persia and the Rise of Islam
Parthian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Enemy of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
The Safavid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Persian Empire That Fought Against the Ottomans in the Ottoman–Safavid War
- Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2020good book very concise and to the point , giving you a good general overview on the persian empire
- Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2019Persian culture has so many contributions to the world in so many fields of arts and science, what proofs the strenght of their culture to not be erased despite centuries of Arab dominion. This is a short book, it can be helpful in your choice to get deeper into the Persian civilization without reading first four hundred pages books.
In the positive side this book fulfills its goal to give a fast scope of the Persian Empire. In the negative side I suspect there are mistakes: in some part the author says that the gold coin of the Persian Empire weights eight kilograms, if so rather than coins they would be golden pizzas xP; fact checking in Wikipedia it says that the golden coin weights 8 grams. Sadly when I checked the Wikipedia article the maps appear to be the same used in this book, maybe I am wrong but due to maps being difficult to appreciate in the grey tones of a kinde e-reader they resemble a lot. In other parts the author mentions a city is in the Northeast of some cities but it appears they are actually in other direction.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024Excellent work
- Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020I knew very little of the middle east until I read this book. This book is one of a series of histories that has introduced me to learning of the early empires and explains much about the beginnings of the troubled countries in the middle east in the modern day in a way that helps us to understand how they got to be what they are now. This book is just one of many helping me to understand our troubled world. I certainly learned much by reading this book.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020It’s fine for beginners and casual readers. It’s brief but you know that going in, so it generally does the job it says it does. However, having taken an admittedly great course on Ancient Greek History at Open Yale Courses, there are some descriptions, characterizations and at least one fact which is indisputably incorrect. It states that Sparta joined the Delian League to help fight off the Persians. Sparta was in the Peloponnesian League and the Greek or Hellenic League and participated in fending off the Persians; however, the Delian League was created after Sparta considered the Persian Wars over or not of their concern and many city states then asked Athens to help, join, or lead the Delian League. Sparta was factually never in the Delian League. At least a couple maps are either too small or too dark to be useful. Those that are thus characterized are only about 10% or so. It’s okay for what it is and its price, but it’s hard to swallow the Delian League inaccuracy as it shows historians did not edit the book. It’s more of a $7.99 book. 3.5 stars.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2023This book brings alive the remarkable history of the Persian Empire. It is a well-researched book.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024This book was only an outline of the history of Persia. So many important details were missing about this mighty empire that has become an evil axis of the world.
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- JC B.Reviewed in Germany on January 24, 2022
1.0 out of 5 stars It’s a pamphlet not a book!
A pamphlet of less than 100 pages trying to describe almost 3000 years of history cannot be called a book. Poorly written and full of inaccuracies.
- BijanReviewed in Canada on February 8, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars OK
OK
- ShikaReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars A request from Grandson
Very well received. Was very interesting in well written.
- Sukhvinder SinghReviewed in Australia on October 15, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Good
- Shirazee AliReviewed in Japan on July 5, 2019
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for getting a quick compressed history of The Persian Empire.
Like the CliffsNotes version of the Persian Empire.