Writing Ancient Persia

by Thomas Harrison

This is a critique of this new Achaemenid historiography, concentrating on the difficulties of using Greek sources for the writing of Persian history. The history of Achaemenid Persia - the empire of Cyrus the Great, Darius and Xerxes - has largely been rewritten in the last thirty years by an international group of scholars. Inspired by new sources of information, and by a determination to see Persia in its own terms, historians have created a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071563917X
• ISBN13: 9780715639177
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"