عنوان

Discovering Cyrus

(Number (ISBN

978-1-933823-38-6

Country Code

IR

Number

552909

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Country of publication

IR

Title Proper

Discovering Cyrus

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

: the Persian conqueror astride the ancient world

First Statement of Responsibility

/ Reza Zarghamee

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Washington, DC

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Mage Publishers

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2013

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xlviii, 735 p.

Other Physical Details

: ill.(some color), maps

Dimensions

; 25 cm.

Series Title

Iran's age of empire

Volume Designation

; Book 1

Text of Note

انگليسي

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 677-711) and index

Text of Note

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.-AppendixI:Cyrus, Darius, and the early history of the Achaemenid Dynasty.-App.II:Titles and name of Cyrus.-App.III:Additional thoughts on the Median worship of Mithra.-App.IV:Cyrus and the cult of the Goddess Anahita.-App.V:Ugbaru,oebaras,Gobryas,and the land of Gutium.-App.VI:The Babylonian chronicle.-App.VII:The Cyrus cylinder.-App.VIII:The verse account of Nabonidus.-App.IX:The dynastic prophecy.-App.X:Second Isaiah and the Cyrus cylinder.-App.XI:Second Isaiah,Cyrus,and Yahweh the Creator.-App.XII:Cyrus and the Book of Daniel.-AppIX:The Satrapies....

Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Iran -- Kings and rulers -- Biography

Iran -- History -- To 640

Class number

Book number

Entry Element

Zarghamee

Part of Name Other than Entry Element

, Reza

Relator Code

, author

Country

Iran

Agency

Central Library Of Tehran University

Old cataloging

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