02420nam 2200613 a 450 991097025510332120200520144314.0978074867710807486771009781299105690129910569610.1515/9780748677108(CKB)2550000000998132(EBL)1126588(OCoLC)828793378(SSID)ssj0000971740(PQKBManifestationID)11543729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000971740(PQKBWorkID)10939536(PQKB)10046098(MiAaPQ)EBC1126588(DE-B1597)616507(DE-B1597)9780748677108(OCoLC)1302162326(Perlego)1708938(EXLCZ)99255000000099813220130227d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKing and court in ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE /Lloyd Llewellyn-JonesEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20131 online resource (289 p.)Debates and documents in ancient historyDescription based upon print version of record.9780748641260 0748641262 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Debates -- pt. II. Documents.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 displayDebates and Documents in Ancient HistoryIranHistoryTo 640935.7Llewellyn-Jones Lloyd621847ebrary, IncMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970255103321King and court in ancient Persia, 559 to 331 BCE1334454UNINA