A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire, 2 Volume Set. Группа авторов
READING CHAPTER 48: The Northern Black Sea REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 49: The Caucasus Region The History of the Caucasus Region According to Primary and Secondary Sources Archeological Evidence for Persian Rule REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 50: The Nomads of the Steppes Nomads and Nomadism: Ancient Sources vs. Modern Definitions The Steppe Region: Nomads and Sedentaries in Contact Campaigns of Achaemenid Kings in the Steppe Region and the Localization of the Saka Provinces Fragments of Information on the History and Administration of the Steppe Area During Achaemenid Times ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 51: The Iranian East Environment Problem of Sources The Establishment of Achaemenid Rule in Eastern Iran Eastern Iran and the Accession of Darius I Achaemenid Rule in the Iranian East During the Reigns of Darius I and Xerxes I The Iranian East from Artaxerxes I to Darius III The End of Achaemenid Rule in the Iranian East Regional Overview REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 52: India REFERENCES FURTHER READING SECTION V: STRUCTURES AND COMMUNICATION chapter 53: Roads and Communication Introduction: The Sources Development and Extension of the Road Network The Network of Royal Roads: The Textual Record Royal and Ancillary Roads The Institutional Perspective: Persis, Bactria, Palestine, and Egypt Archeological Evidence Means of Communication Communication and Connectivity The Extent and the Borders of the Known World REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 54: The Interplay of Languages and Communication Mixing of Populations, Mixing of Languages The Art of Translation Conclusion REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 55: Achaemenid Art – Art in the Achaemenid Empire Summary ACKNOWLEDGMENT REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 56: Seals and Sealing Introduction The Evidence Persepolis Susa Daskyleion Memphis Correspondence of Aršāma Unprovenanced Clay “Tags” Wadi ed‐Daliyeh, Samaria Babylonia Ur REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 57: Royal Coinage Introduction: Coins in Context Lydia: From the Cradle of Coinage to the Coinage of an Empire Iran: Coining and Communicating an Imperial Ideology Greece: From Persepolis to the Parthenon Conclusion REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 58: Empire, Borders, and Ideology REFERENCES