Cyrus the Great
Epic and Legendary Leaders
$17.59
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
19 July 2022
Summary
Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE, and sealed his pre-eminence as one of the greatest founders of empire and order. He conquered all major civilisations in his region and his influence reached from the Balkans in the West, to the Indus river in the East. His brilliant campaigns brought vast wealth and grandeur to his homeland and a reputation for military leadership that stands the test of time.
10 illustrations
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839649950 |
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| ISBN-10: | 183964995X |
| Author: | Ian Macgregor Morris, J.K. Jackson |
| Publisher: | Flame Tree Publishing |
| Imprint: | Flame Tree 451 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 19 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | The World's Greatest Myths and Legends |
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Ian Macgregor Morris
Ian Macgregor Morris (Editing and Introduction) is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Salzburg, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Near East at the University of Leiden. He has published extensively on Achaemenid Persia, Sparta, early modern political culture and the classical tradition. He is currently working on a study of the Persian king Xerxes, and is editing Brill’s Companion to the Spartan Tradition; and recently served as consultant and primary contributor on Finding Sparta’s 300 (Unearthed, Season 5, Ep. 06: Discovery Science Channel).
Jackson is General Editor of The World’s Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including ‘Myths of Babylon’, ‘Indian Myth’, ‘Egyptian Myth’, ‘Norse Myth’ and ‘Polynesian Island Myth’. He is editor of ‘Myths and Legends’ and foreword writer for ‘Celtic Myths and Tales’. Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, ‘Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos’ and William Blake’s use of mythology in his visionary literature.
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