عنوان

Discovering Cyrus :the Persian conqueror astride the ancient world

(Number (ISBN

978-1-933823-38-6

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

لاتين

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگليسي

First Statement of Responsibility

by Reza Zarghamee

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

author

Title Proper by Another Author

1978-

Title Proper

Discovering Cyrus :the Persian conqueror astride the ancient world

Edition Statement

First hardcover edition

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Washington, D.C

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Mage Publishers

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xlviii, 735 p.: illustrations (some color);24 cm

Series Title

Iran's age of empire ; Book 1

Text of Note

مرجع به حساب نمي آيد

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Prologue -- A note on the major sources -- A note on the rendering of names -- Ancient names -- Modern Iranian toponyms -- Cast of characters -- Prelude -- A nascent people : the arrival of the Medes and Persians in Western Iran -- The march of empires : Assyrians, Scythians, and Medes -- A life shrouded in myth : Cyrus' origins and early years -- Overthrow of the Medes : symbols of power -- Subjugation of Lydia and Ionia -- The sun and the sky : Iranian religion in the age of Cyrus -- In the paths of heroes : the conquest of Eastern Iran -- The fall of a civilization : the Persian conquest of Babylonia -- The Lord's anointed : Cyrus and Israel -- One king of many, one lord of many : the royal ideology and administration of the Persian empire -- The Persian Oecumene in reality and art -- With horse and bow : the ancient Persian army -- Cyrus the father : the glory days of Cyrus King of Persia -- The way of the warrior : Cyrus' death in Central Asia -- The empire after Cyrus -- Epilogue: Cyrus' legacy -- Appendix I: Cyrus, Darius, and the early history of the Achaemenid Dynasty -- Appendix II: Titles and name of Cyrus -- Appendix III: Additional thoughts on the Median worship of Mithra -- Appendix IV: Cyrus and the cult of the Goddess Anahita -- Appendix V: Ugbaru, oebaras, Gobryas, and the land of Gutium -- Appendix VI: The Babylonian chronicle -- Appendix VII: The Cyrus cylinder -- Appendix VIII: The verse account of Nabonidus -- Appendix IX: The dynastic prophecy -- Appendi

Entry Element

Iran -- Kings and rulers

Entry Element

Iran -- History

Class number

Entry Element

مولف

Relator Code

Zarghamee, Reza