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The Persians

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

The Persians

By Geoffrey Parker, Brenda Parker

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About the book

During the first and second millennia BCE a swathe of nomadic peoples migrated outward from Central Asia into the Eurasian periphery. One group of these people would find themselves encamped in an unpromising, arid region just south of the Caspian Sea. From these modest and uncertain beginnings, they would go on to form one of the most powerful empires in history: the Persian Empire. In this book, Geoffrey and Brenda Parker tell the captivating story of this ancient civilization and its enduring...Show more

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9781780236506

Publisher

Reaktion Books

Published year

2016

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1

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The Persians

Format

Hardcover

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