Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis

by Elspeth R.M. Dusinberre

Book Overview

Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre proposes a fresh approach to understanding the Achaemenid Empire based on her study of the regional capital, Sardis. This study uses archaeological, artistic and textual sources to demonstrate that the two-hundred-year Persian presence in this city had a profound impact on local social structures, revealing the region's successful absorption, both ideological and physical, into the Persian Empire. During this period, Sardis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521009006
• ISBN13: 9780521009003
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.7"