The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties (History of Iran) Kindle Edition

kindle unlimited but may be one of my owned one, hard to keep up since so many of these come out weekly/monthly, so many that have had to stop doing running full list, so for that look on amazon/goodreads, though did note below for this one books specifically related to this are that are already out, though have kept up with my personal list on goodreads but just by editing the Titanic: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Unsinkable Ship RMS Titanic, Including Survivor Stories and a Real Romance Story because one of the last did that pretty sure is correct order with all of them {added a couple of so recent ones to keep list up to date}Explore the Captivating History of the Persian Empire Free History BONUS Inside!Students of ancient history are well aware of the Persians. A still-present cultural and linguistic group, the Persians are the founders of today’s modern-day nation of Iran. They trace their roots back to the Aryans of Northern Europe, but over the course of time, they managed to assert a distinct identity that led to the formation of some of the world’s most powerful empires. One of the most shocking things about the Persians is how quickly they went from an obscure, powerless, and nomadic tribe to an immense empire that spanned across western Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe. The rise of Cyrus the Great, considered the father of Persia, in the 7th century BCE, filled the power vacuum caused by the fall of the Assyrians, and it led to the formation of one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world.The Persians have made significant contributions to world culture, ranging from their ability to raise and train one of the ancient world’s most formidable fighting forces, the Persian Immortals, to their new and effective ways of organizing and administering government. And Persian art heavily influenced their Muslim invaders, helping to usher in the Islamic Golden Age that helped spread Islam throughout the Middle East and Africa. In The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties, you will discover topics such as Who Are the Persians? The History of Human Population in Iran The Birth of the Achaemenid Empire: The Rise and Reign of Cyrus the Great The Glory of the Achaemenid Empire: Cambyses & Darius The Beginning of the End: The Reign of Xerxes and the Downfall of the Achaemenid Dynasty Life in Ancient Persia The Persian Military Zoroastrianism: Persia’s Religion Later Persian Dynasties: The Parthian Empire to the Qajar Dynasty Persian Art: Mixing East and West Persian Contributions to Science and Technology And much, much more!Achaemenid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the First Persian Empire Founded by Cyrus the Great, and How This Empire of Ancient Persia Fought Against the Ancient Greeks in the Greco-Persian WarsSasanian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Neo-Persian Empire that Ruled Before the Arab Conquest of Persia and the Rise of IslamParthian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Enemy of the Roman Republic and Roman EmpireThe Safavid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Persian Empire That Fought Against the Ottomans in the Ottoman–Safavid War

Lacked any depth. Poorly edited.

It’s fine for beginners and casual readers. It’s brief but you know that going in, so it generally does the job it says it does. However, having taken an admittedly great course on Ancient Greek History at Open Yale Courses, there are some descriptions, characterizations and at least one fact which is indisputably incorrect. It states that Sparta joined the Delian League to help fight off the Persians. Sparta was in the Peloponnesian League and the Greek or Hellenic League and participated in fending off the Persians; however, the Delian League was created after Sparta considered the Persian Wars over or not of their concern and many city states then asked Athens to help, join, or lead the Delian League. Sparta was factually never in the Delian League. At least a couple maps are either too small or too dark to be useful. Those that are thus characterized are only about 10% or so. It’s okay for what it is and its price, but it’s hard to swallow the Delian League inaccuracy as it shows historians did not edit the book. It’s more of a $7.99 book. 3.5 stars.

Persian culture has so many contributions to the world in so many fields of arts and science, what proofs the strenght of their culture to not be erased despite centuries of Arab dominion. This is a short book, it can be helpful in your choice to get deeper into the Persian civilization without reading first four hundred pages books.In the positive side this book fulfills its goal to give a fast scope of the Persian Empire. In the negative side I suspect there are mistakes: in some part the author says that the gold coin of the Persian Empire weights eight kilograms, if so rather than coins they would be golden pizzas xP; fact checking in Wikipedia it says that the golden coin weights 8 grams. Sadly when I checked the Wikipedia article the maps appear to be the same used in this book, maybe I am wrong but due to maps being difficult to appreciate in the grey tones of a kinde e-reader they resemble a lot. In other parts the author mentions a city is in the Northeast of some cities but it appears they are actually in other direction.

I knew very little of the middle east until I read this book. This book is one of a series of histories that has introduced me to learning of the early empires and explains much about the beginnings of the troubled countries in the middle east in the modern day in a way that helps us to understand how they got to be what they are now. This book is just one of many helping me to understand our troubled world. I certainly learned much by reading this book.

good book very concise and to the point , giving you a good general overview on the persian empire

Content was fine, however, the pages fall out as you read the book.

An easy, quick read for an overview of Persian history. Fairly redundant. like a text out out by the Iranian Chamber of Commerce. Informative without being overwhelming. Read more

It reads a bit like a first year uni student‘s essay. The maps are poorly printed and sometimes illegible. There’s very little detail. It could serve okay as a “My first book of Persian history” which to be fair is what I was after but it’s really not very good.The first copy I received had all the pages upside down. It just feels.....amateurish.

Very well received. Was very interesting in well written.

did not enjoy

Short, to the point, hits the highlights, some evaluation into the bigger historical context. The maps and diagrams are crap, very poor quality. It does give an overall awareness and that’s what I was looking for!

A pamphlet of less than 100 pages trying to describe almost 3000 years of history cannot be called a book. Poorly written and full of inaccuracies.