The Cambridge History of Iran: The Median and Achaemenian periods, edited by Ilya GershevitchWilliam Bayne Fisher University Press, 1968 - Iran |
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MEDIA | 36 |
THE SCYTHS | 149 |
THE RISE OF THE ACHAEMENIDS | 200 |
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5th century 5th century B.C. according Achaemenian Ahura Mazdā Akkadian Alexander Alexander's ancient Anshan Apadana appears Aramaic archaeological army Artaxerxes Artaxerxes II Asia Minor Assyrian Astyages Athenian Athens Avestan Babylon Babylonian Bactria battle Behistun calendar called Cambyses campaign Caspian Cimmerians command Ctesias culture cuneiform Cyrus Darius documents dynasty e.g. PF east eastern Egypt Egyptian Elam Elamite empire epagomenae equinox evidence excavated expedition fleet gāhānbārs gold Greek heliacal Herodotus horses Indo-Iranian inscription intercalation Ionian Iran Iranian king King's kingdom land Later Avestan Macedonian Mannaeans March Medes Median mentioned Mesopotamia millennium B.C. month mountains Nabonidus nomads official Old Persian original palace Parthian Pasargadae perhaps period Persepolis Pharnabazos probably province region reign reliefs river royal rulers Sardis satrap Scythian Scyths seems silver sources Sparta steppe Stronach Susa tablets temple territory texts Tissaphernes tomb tribes Urartian Urartu western Xenophon Xerxes Yasht