Simon Chew
The Persian Empire grew in the vacuum left by Assyria's destruction of the Kingdom of Elam. Prince Teispes captured Anshan, once a stonghold of the Elamites. His father, Achaemenes is the person who is apparently responsible for training and ... [... more]
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Alexander 334-323 BC: Conquest of the Persian Empire
 One of the Best: Alexander 334-323 BC: Conquest of the Persian Empire (Campaign Series 7) by John Warry is one of the best of the Osprey Campaign Series. Unlike most to the other books, Alexander does not focus on a given battle or a series of battles, [... more]
CDN$22.95
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Philip Souza
This book covers one of the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as an ill-fated attempt to ... [... more]
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Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther
An intriguing retelling: The book 'Chosen' by Ginger Garrett is a multi-layered retelling of the story of Esther. Esther is the enigmatic queen whose book in the Hebrew Bible holds the distinction of being the only one that never mentions God. Despite [... more]
CDN$14.50
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Barlaam and Ioasaph
The Great Classic of Eastern Christanity: Each of the major Christian traditions may be said to have a classic that expresses it's spirit in words. For Catholicism, Dante's "Divine Comedy" can arguably be said to be the greatest literary work [... more]
CDN$25.00
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March Up Country
An exciting literary expedition: This is one of those books you have on your list of "books-I-am-going-to-read-someday." Okay, someday arrived. I should have read it decades ago. This is a fairly good translation and the story is written, as [... more]
CDN$17.66
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City of God
From Amazon.com: Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' [... more]
CDN$21.00
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The Persian Empire
Author: Lindsay Allen Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 935.05 EAN: 9780226014470 ISBN: 0226014479 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2005-12-20 [... more]
CDN$40.08
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History of the Persian Empire
One of the best Persian history books: This is a very accurate and detailed work about the Persian empire, Persians ancient religions, their conquests, wars with Greeks, their dominance of Middle East, and a lot of details about daily lives of the people [... more]
CDN$29.10
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The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources of the ...
Author: Kuhrt Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 935.05 EAN: 9780415436281 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0415436281 Number Of Pages: 736 Publication Date: 2007-12-22 [... more]
CDN$333.40
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Splendors of the Persian Empire
Author: Henri Stierlin Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 935 EAN: 9788854401464 ISBN: 8854401463 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: 2006-12-05 Release Date: 2006-12-05 [... more]
CDN$80.00
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Darius the Great: Ancient Ruler of the Persian Empire
An 1878 publication reprinted!: There is nothing in the Amazon blurb to indicate that this is a publication of 1878 which was simply reprinted in 2003! Silly me, I thought I was purchasing a very recent publication. Although very readable, the book [... more]
CDN$21.02
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