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The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) was a vast and complex sociopolitical structure that encompassed much of modern-day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and included two dozen distinct peoples who spoke different languages, worshipped different deities, lived in different environments and had widely differing social customs. This book offers a radical new approach to understanding the Achaemenid Persian Empire and imperialism more generally. Through a wide array of textual, visual and archaeological material, Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre shows how the rulers of the Empire constructed a system flexible enough to provide for the needs of different peoples within the confines of a single imperial authority and highlights the variability in response. This book examines the dynamic tensions between authority and autonomy across the Empire, providing a valuable new way of considering imperial structure and development.

Ancient history --- Asie Mineure --- Achaemenid dynasty, --- Turkey --- History --- Histoire

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Seals (Numismatics) --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Sceaux --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Catalogs --- Catalogues --- Gordion (Extinct city) --- Gordion (Ville ancienne) --- Sigillography --- Signets --- Sphragistics --- Diplomatics --- Glyptics --- Heraldry --- History --- Inscriptions --- Intaglios --- Numismatics --- Emblems, National --- Signatures (Writing) --- Gordion (Turkey) --- Gordium (Extinct city) --- Turkey --- Antiquities

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This volume in honour of Margaret Cool Root gathers seventeen contributions on Achaemenid Persian art, ranging from the European re-discovery of Persepolis, via Achaemenid glyphic art, evidence of polychrome sculpture, and Achaemenid impact in the satrapies, to possible reflections of Persepolitan art in Classical Greece. The contributors are colleagues and, in a number of cases, former students of Margaret Root. As a whole, the volume reflects the wide range of Root’s interests and her impact on the field of Achaemenid studies.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Art, Achaemenid --- Material culture --- Architecture, Ancient --- Seals (Numismatics) --- Achaemenian inscriptions --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite --- Persepolis (Iran) --- Antiquities. --- Ancient --- Antiquities --- Achaemenid dynasty --- Festschriften --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Seals (Numismatics) - Ancient --- Persepolis (Iran) - Antiquities