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Explores Achaemenid kingship and argues for the centrality of the royal court in elite Persian society. The first Persian Empire (559-331 BCE) was the biggest land empire the world had seen, and seated at the heart of its vast dominions, in the south of modern-day Iran, was the person of the Great King. Hidden behind the walls of his vast palace, and surrounded by the complex rituals of court ceremonial, the Persian monarch was undisputed master of his realm, a god-like figure of awe, majesty, and mystery.Yet the court of the Great King was no simple platform for meaningless theatrical display

Iran -- History -- To 640. --- Iran -- Kings and rulers. --- Persian society. --- Iran --- History

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Interest and fascination in Achaemenid Persia has burgeoned in recent years. It is time for a major new appraisal of the glorious civilization founded by Cyrus the Great and continued by his successors, the Great Kings Darius I, Xerxes and Artaxerxes I. This volume offers precisely that: a sustained and comprehensive overview of the field of Achaemenid studies by leading scholars and experts. It discusses all aspects of Achaemenid history and archaeology between 550 BCE and 330 BCE, and embraces the whole vast territory of the Persian Empire from North Africa to India and from Central Asia to

Achaemenid dynasty --- Achaemenid dynasty, --- Iran --- History --- Civilization --- Kings and rulers --- Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C. -- Congresses. --- Iran -- Civilization -- To 640 -- Congresses. --- Iran -- History -- To 640 -- Congresses. --- Iran -- Kings and rulers -- Congresses. --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- Achaemenid dynasty.

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Vincent de Paul, --- 840-94 PAHLAVI, MOHAMMED REZA --- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, --- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, --- Moḥammad Rezā Shāh, --- Muhammed Reza Pahlavi, --- Mokhammed Reza Pakhlevi, --- Muḥammad Riz̤ā Shāh, --- Riz̤ā Shāh, Muḥammad, --- Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, --- محمد رضا پهلوى --- Muḥammad Riz̤ā Pahlavī, --- محمد رضا پهلوى، --- Iran --- Kings and rulers --- Politics and government --- History of Asia --- anno 1900-1999 --- Middle East --- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi --- 924 --- geschiedenis Azië --- histoire Asie --- Miḧemedreza Pehlewî, --- Miḧemed Reza Pehlewî, --- Pehlewî, Miḧemedreza, --- Iran - Politics and government - 1941-1979 --- Iran - Kings and rulers

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