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| List of Illustrations | |
| Preface to the English Translation | |
| Translator's Preface | |
| Introduction: On the Trail of an Empire | p. 1 |
| Prologue: The Persians before the Empire | p. 13 |
| The Empire-Builders: From Cyrus to Darius | |
| The Land-Collectors: Cyrus the Great and Cambyses (559-522) | p. 31 |
| The Conquest and After: An Interim Summary | p. 62 |
| Trouble, Secession, and Rebuilding (522-518) | p. 107 |
| Darius the Conqueror (520-486) | p. 139 |
| The Great King | |
| Images of the World | p. 165 |
| Representations of Royalty and Monarchic Ideology | p. 204 |
| People and Life at Court | p. 255 |
| The King's Men | p. 302 |
| Territories, Populations, and the Dependent Economy | |
| Territories, Communication, and Trade | p. 357 |
| Royal Assessments and Tribute | p. 388 |
| Persia: Empire and Tribute Economy | p. 422 |
| The King of the Lands | p. 472 |
| From Xerxes to Darius III: An Empire in Turmoil | |
| Xerxes the Great King (486-465) | p. 515 |
| From the Accession of Artaxerxes I to the Death of Darius II (465-405/404) | p. 569 |
| Artaxerxes II (405/404-359/358) and Artaxerxes III (359/358-338) | p. 612 |
| The Fourth Century and the Empire of Darius III in the Achaemenid longue duree: A Prospective Assessment | |
| Lands, Peoples, and Satrapies: Taking Stock of the Achaemenid World | p. 693 |
| The Great King, His Armies, and His Treasures | p. 769 |
| The Fall of an Empire (336-330) | |
| Darius and the Empire Confront Macedonian Aggression | p. 817 |
| Conclusion: From Nabonidus to Seleucus | p. 873 |
| Research Notes | p. 877 |
| List of Abbreviations | p. 1053 |
| Bibliography | p. 1059 |
| Indexes | p. 1125 |
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