Kuhrt, Amélie,  1944- <br/><br/>
The Persian Empire :  a corpus of sources from the Achaemenid period / 
Amélie Kuhrt. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2010. 
 - li, 1020 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2007. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. The sources -- Prehistory and formation of the empire (c.750-520). The Medes ; Cyrus the Great ; The reign of Cambyses ; From Cambyses to Darius I -- Achaemenid history and its problems. The empire under Darius I : expansion, revolt, consolidation ; The reign of Xerxes ; From Artaxerxes I to the last years of Darius II (465-405) ; Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes II (405-338) ; The fall of the Achaemenid  empire (338-330) -- Kings and kingship. Images of empire, visions of majesty and the divine framework ; The organisation of the court ; Mechanisms of power -- Achaemenid imperial organisation. Tribute, tax, imposts ; Routes and communication networks ; Bureaucracy, production, settlement ; Unity and diversity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415436281 (hbk.) 0415436281 (hbk.) 9780415552790 (pbk.) 0415552796 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Iran--History--To 640--Sources.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS281  / .P47 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>935.05