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1. www.goodreads.com › book › showPersians: The Age of the Great Kings - Goodreads

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   Aug 26, 2021 · From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE.

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   • Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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   Oct 21, 2022 · The central idea of Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones's Persians: The Age of the Great Kings is simple. The Achaemenid Persian Empire , which flourished from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, was unjustly smeared by its Greek enemies as barbaric and effeminate.

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   Persians: The Age of the Great Kings - A Review. June 2023. By Owain Williams. Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones’ (hereafter LJ) new book Persians: The Age of the Great Kings is the latest work to shine a much-welcomed light on ancient Persia, specifically the Achaemenid Empire. The book offers a grand narrative of the Achaemenid Empire, "from its ...

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   Apr 12, 2022 · Llewellyn-Jones expertly illuminates the decentralized, multicultural nature of the Achaemenid empire and offers valuable perspective on the modern Middle East, where the great kings of ancient Persia still feature in Iran’s national self-image.

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   Llewellyn-Jones expertly illuminates the decentralized, multicultural nature of the Achaemenid empire and offers valuable perspective on the modern Middle East, where the great kings of ancient Persia still feature in Iran’s national self-image.

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   • Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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   Apr 12, 2022 · A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia. The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan.

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   What is 'Persians - the age of the Great Kings' about?

   • "Persians: The Age of the Great Kings" is written for a popular audience. It aims to set the record straight on the Achaemenid Persian Empire, giving us the Persians' own version of their history after more than two thousand years of Western distortion and misinformation.

   Persians: The Age of the Great Kings - World History Encyclopedia

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   Who were the kings of Persia?

   • Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes are the kings of Persia mentioned in this passage. They had commanded the building of the temple to be finished, which was completed on the third day of Adar month. At that time, Darius had been king for six years.

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   Who were the Achaemenid kings?

   • The Achaemenid Persians ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan.

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   Is the age of the Great Kings a good book?

   • Persians: The Age of the Great Kings does contain a lot of interesting materials: the chapters on Achaemenid affairs between Xerxes's invasion of Greece and Alexander 's invasion of Persia are particularly valuable, as this period tends to be neglected in Western popular history.

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   When did the Persian dynasty end?

   • The Persian dynasty ruled supreme from the palace-city of Persepolis for centuries, with Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs in power. The empire came to an unexpected end in the late 330s BCE when it was conquered by Alexander of Macedon. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled.

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   What is the central idea of Llewellyn-Jones's Persians?

   • The central idea of Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones's Persians: The Age of the Great Kings is simple. The Achaemenid Persian Empire, which flourished from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, was unjustly smeared by its Greek enemies as barbaric and effeminate.

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   Apr 14, 2022 · THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower. The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan.

   • Author: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones