From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire by Pierre Briant

From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire

Pierre Briant

1216 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Around 550 B.C.E. the Persian people--who were previously practically unknown in the annals of history--emerged from their base in southern Iran (Fars) and engaged in a monumental adventure that, under the leadership of Cyrus the Great and his suc...

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