{"product_id":"persians-the-age-of-the-great-kings-9781472277282","title":"Persians: The Age of The Great Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire  the worlds 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. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of Persepolis where the Achaemenid monarchs held court in unparalleled grandeur. From here  Cyrus the Great  Darius  Xerxes  and their heirs passed laws  raised armies  and governed their multicultural Empire of enormous diversity.  The Achaemenids  however  were one of the great dysfunctional families of history. Brothers fought brothers for power  wives and concubines plotted to promote their sons to the throne  and eunuchs and courtiers vied for influence and prestige.  Our understanding of the Persian Empire has traditionally come from the histories of Greek writers such as Herodotus - and as such  over many centuries  our perspective has been skewed by ancient political and cultural agendas. Professor Llewellyn-Jones  however  calls upon original Achaemenid sources  including inscriptions  art  and recent archaeological discoveries in Iran  to create an authentic Persian Version of this remarkable first great empire of antiquity - the Age of the Great Kings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652009025589,"sku":"ByrdShop_1472277287","price":398.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781472277282.jpg?v=1781848662","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/persians-the-age-of-the-great-kings-9781472277282","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}