-448 pages
The author is an academic from the U.K., but has written a general history of the Persian Achaemenid empire and its legacy. As with any conquering empire, there are battles, massacres, as well as murderous infighting among the royal family. The book's highlights are its focus on the empire's founder, Cyrus, and the artistic and legal achievements left by a dynasty that was still flourishing when Alexander the Great shockingly toppled it.
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