Download or read book The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia written by John Curtis and published by British Museum Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559-530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC. It is often referred to as the first bill of human rights as it appears to permit freedom of worship throughout the Persian Empire and to allow deported people to return to their homelands. It is valued by people all around the world as a symbol of tolerance and respect for different peoples and different faiths, so much so that a copy of the cylinder is on display in the United Nations building in New York. This catalogue is being published in conjunction with the first ever tour of the object to the United States, along with sixteen other objects from the British Museum's collection. The book discusses how these objects demonstrate the innovations initiated by Persian rule in the Ancient Near East (550 BC-331 BC), a prime example being a gold plaque from the Oxus Treasure with the representation of a priest that shows the spread of the Zoroastrian religion. The book offers a new authoritative translation of the Cyrus Cylinder by Irving Finkel and the publication of two fragments of a cuneiform tablet that show how the Cyrus Cylinder was most probably a proclamation and not just a foundation deposit.
Download or read book Coins of the Jews written by Frederic William Madden and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kushano Sasanian Coins written by Ernst Herzfeld and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Arabia written by British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Coin Collector s Manual written by Henry Noel Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Greek coins in The British Museum written by Department of Coins and Medals and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 2004 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S. Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene. By George Francis Hill With a map and fifty-five plates.
Download or read book Empires of Ancient Persia written by Michael Burgan and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost 1,200 years, the Persians ruled a territory that stretched from the Black Sea into Central Asia, from India to Egypt and into the fringes of southern Europe. During that period from 550 BCE to 651 CE, the ancient Persians learned to cultivate crops such as wheat and barley and to domesticate animals; they also demonstrated their talents for architecture and art by building enormous palaces, such as at the site of Persepolis, and through intricate art painted on pottery. As their neighbors, particularly the Macedonian prince Alexander the Great, grew stronger, ancient Persia struggled to maintain its authority. Despite their eventual decline, the Persian empires had significant influence on the ancient world, including the idea of worshipping a single god. As the first monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism would lay the foundation for the development of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Empires of Ancient Persia looks at the rise and fall of the Persian empires, the daily life of the people, and their influence on subsequent civilizations.
Download or read book The Coin Collector s Manual or guide to the numismatic student in the formation of a cabinet of coins written by Henry Noël Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Coin Collector s Manual Or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins written by Henry Noel Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm in a Letter to the King written by Charles Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool and published by London : E. Wilson. This book was released on 1880 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Cyrus to Alexander written by Pierre Briant and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2002-06-23 with total page 1217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 550 B.C.E. the Persian people—who were previously practically unknown in the annals of history—emerged from their base in southern Iran (Fars) and engaged in a monumental adventure that, under the leadership of Cyrus the Great and his successors, culminated in the creation of an immense Empire that stretched from central Asia to Upper Egypt, from the Indus to the Danube. The Persian (or Achaemenid, named for its reigning dynasty) Empire assimilated an astonishing diversity of lands, peoples, languages, and cultures. This conquest of Near Eastern lands completely altered the history of the world: for the first time, a monolithic State as vast as the future Roman Empire arose, expanded, and matured in the course of more than two centuries (530–330) and endured until the death of Alexander the Great (323), who from a geopolitical perspective was “the last of the Achaemenids.” Even today, the remains of the Empire-the terraces, palaces, reliefs, paintings, and enameled bricks of Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Susa; the impressive royal tombs of Naqsh-i Rustam; the monumental statue of Darius the Great-serve to remind visitors of the power and unprecedented luxury of the Great Kings and their loyal courtiers (the “Faithful Ones”). Though long eclipsed and overshadowed by the towering prestige of the “ancient Orient” and “eternal Greece,” Achaemenid history has emerged into fresh light during the last two decades. Freed from the tattered rags of “Oriental decadence” and “Asiatic stagnation,” research has also benefited from a continually growing number of discoveries that have provided important new evidence-including texts, as well as archaeological, numismatic, and iconographic artifacts. The evidence that this book assembles is voluminous and diverse: the citations of ancient documents and of the archaeological evidence permit the reader to follow the author in his role as a historian who, across space and time, attempts to understand how such an Empire emerged, developed, and faded. Though firmly grounded in the evidence, the author’s discussions do not avoid persistent questions and regularly engages divergent interpretations and alternative hypotheses. This book is without precedent or equivalent, and also offers an exhaustive bibliography and thorough indexes. The French publication of this magisterial work in 1996 was acclaimed in newspapers and literary journals. Now Histoire de l’Empire Perse: De Cyrus a Alexandre is translated in its entirety in a revised edition, with the author himself reviewing the translation, correcting the original edition, and adding new documentation. Pierre Briant, Chaire Histoire et civilisation du monde achémenide et de l’empire d’Alexandre, Collège de France, is a specialist in the history of the Near East during the era of the Persian Empire and the conquests of Alexander. He is the author of numerous books. Peter T. Daniels, the translator, is an independent scholar, editor, and translator who studied at Cornell University and the University of Chicago. He lives and works in New York City.
Download or read book The Coin and the Crown written by Megan D. Harding and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps you were chosen for such a time as this. Its nearly Prince Aryns birthday, but before he can celebrate, he must find a bride and take the throne. If only it were his choice. However, a girl will be chosen for him. Trust the magic. Betray your heart. Amira is a servant, but no one can tell her what to do. Instead of finding a husband to free her, she spends her time gambling to pay her dowry and join the army. She was born to lead. After an attack on the castle, the prince flees with his maidservant, Amira. She will defeat anything to protect him, even death. Upon escaping the palace, they learn of a darkness in the kingdom. Magic is still alive. Together they chart dangerous territory, including an alliance with a pirate and a battle with the dead. Amira wanted an army. Now shes started a war.
Download or read book The Money Plot written by Frederick Kaufman and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower and enthrall us. Frederick Kaufman tackles the complex history of money, beginning with the earliest myths and wrapping up with Wall Street’s byzantine present-day doings. Along the way, he exposes a set of allegorical plots, stock characters, and stereotypical metaphors that have long been linked with money and commercial culture, from Melanesian trading rituals to the dogma of Medieval churchmen faced with global commerce, the rationales of Mercantilism and colonial expansion, and the U.S. dollar’s 1971 unpinning from gold. The Money Plot offers a tool to see through the haze of modern banking and finance, demonstrating that the standard reasons given for economic inequality—the Neoliberal gospel of market forces—are, like dollars, euros, and yuan, contingent upon structures people have designed. It shines a light on the one percent’s efforts to contain a money culture that benefits them within boundaries they themselves are increasingly setting. And Kaufman warns that if we cannot recognize what is going on, we run the risk of becoming pawns and shells ourselves, of becoming characters in someone else’s plot, of becoming other people’s money.
Download or read book Look at the Coins Papers in Honour of Joe Cribb on his 75th Birthday written by Helen Wang and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 24 contributions reflect the vast scope of Joe Cribb’s interests including Asian numismatics, museology, poetry and art. Papers are arranged geographically, then chronologically/thematically including studies on coins, charms and silver currencies in or from China; finds from ancient Central Asia and Afghanistan: coins of South Soghd, and far more.
Download or read book Once a Week written by Eneas Sweetland Dallas and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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