The Persian Empire

The Persian Empire « Series from 2023

Series from 2023

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Explore the secrets of one of the greatest empires in the ancient world from a fresh perspective: its own. Over the span of 24 lectures, Professor John W. I.

Lee examines Persian sources to reveal what we know about this grand civilization.

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Rethinking the Persian Empire

Questioning the Sources

The World before Cyrus

Cyrus and Cambyses - Founders of the Empire

Darius I - Creator of the Imperial System

Persian Capitals and Royal Palaces

The Great King - Images and Realities

Royal Roads and Provinces

East of Persepolis

Challenges in the West, 513 - 494 B.C.

Across the Bitter Sea, 493 - 490 B.C.

Xerxes Becomes King

Xerxes's War, 480 - 479 B.C.

Cultures in Contact

Achaemenid Religion

From Expansion to Stability, 479 - 405 B.C.

The War of the Two Brothers

Persian Gold

City and Countryside

Women in the Persian Empire

Artaxerxes II - The Longest-Ruling King

Persia and Macedon, 359 - 333 B.C.

The End of an Empire, 333 - 323 B.C.

Legacies of the Persian Empire