In the footsteps of the empire of the great kings. Historiographical investigation.
The Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 31550 |
| Format | 16 x 24 cm |
| Détails | 1156 p., publisher's hardcover |
| Publication | Paris, 2025 |
| Etat | nine |
| ISBN | 9782251456706 |
Larger than the Roman Empire ever was, the Achaemenid Empire, born around the middle of the 6th century and then overthrown by Alexander and his armies between 334 and 323, united for more than two centuries peoples and countries of immense linguistic and cultural variety between the Indus and the Eastern Mediterranean, and from Central Asia to the first cataract of the Nile. Bearing witness to the first and only period in which all the peoples and countries of the region were united in an integrated imperial construction, its history represents a unique reference for all those who question the cohabitation of different ethnic groups and populations within the Middle Eastern space in its greatest extension.
Yet, its study has long been neglected, kept on the fringes of the history of Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Monumental and fascinating, this book tells how the history of the Persian-Achaemenid Empire gradually emerged as an autonomous field, covering an immense space and time, from the Indus to the Balkans, over more than two centuries. Striving to reconstruct the stages and rhythm of this exceptional historiographical renaissance, the author shows how the different specialties learned to work together, not simply to reconstruct the history of this or that part of the Empire (Asia Minor, Egypt, Palestine, Babylonia, Persia, Iran, etc.), but also to write a true imperial history, to which each of the specialties makes its specific contribution. Based on colossal knowledge and documentation, but also on numerous testimonies, this landmark work is also touching for the human depth it gives to this collective adventure.
Larger than the Roman Empire ever was, the Achaemenid Empire, born around the middle of the 6th century and then overthrown by Alexander and his armies between 334 and 323, united for more than two centuries peoples and countries of immense linguistic and cultural variety between the Indus and the Eastern Mediterranean, and from Central Asia to the first cataract of the Nile. Bearing witness to the first and only period in which all the peoples and countries of the region were united in an integrated imperial construction, its history represents a unique reference for all those who question the cohabitation of different ethnic groups and populations within the Middle Eastern space in its greatest extension.
Yet, its study has long been neglected, kept on the fringes of the history of Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Monumental and fascinating, this book tells how the history of the Persian-Achaemenid Empire gradually emerged as an autonomous field, covering an immense space and time, from the Indus to the Balkans, over more than two centuries. Striving to reconstruct the stages and rhythm of this exceptional historiographical renaissance, the author shows how the different specialties learned to work together, not simply to reconstruct the history of this or that part of the Empire (Asia Minor, Egypt, Palestine, Babylonia, Persia, Iran, etc.), but also to write a true imperial history, to which each of the specialties makes its specific contribution. Based on colossal knowledge and documentation, but also on numerous testimonies, this landmark work is also touching for the human depth it gives to this collective adventure.