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245 10 a| Kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids /c| Stephen Harrison.;

264 1 a| Edinburgh :b| Edinburgh University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xiv, 311 pages :b| illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;c| 25 cm.;

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490 1 a| Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Legitimating conquest -- Legitimating royal authority -- Defining empire -- Visions of empire -- Royal space.;

520 a| "This book offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of the ideology of kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids. It explores key issues thematically such as legitimation, representations of empire and royal space. Through this method, Stephen Harrison breaks traditional periodisation offering new insights into long-term trends. The book challenges existing narratives about the relationship between the Achaemenids and their successors. Rather than focusing on the mere facts of continuity and change, the study advocates for a more complex understanding of the Achaemenids' impact on monarchical ideology under Alexander and the Seleucids. Harrison's comparative approach brings the three empires into dialogue with one another and thus treats them all equally through this lens. The methodology highlights the uniqueness of particular strategies deployed by different rulers and isolate ideas which were distinctively 'Achaemenid', 'Alexandrine' or 'Seleucid' as opposed merely to identifying monarchical commonalities"--c| De Gruyter Brill.;

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Kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids / Stephen Harrison.

Author/creator	Harrison, Stephen author.
Format	Book
Publication	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]
Description	xiv, 311 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Seleucids. Iran--Kings and rulers. Iran--History. --To 640.

Series	Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia. ^A1334051
Contents	Legitimating conquest -- Legitimating royal authority -- Defining empire -- Visions of empire -- Royal space.
Abstract	"This book offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of the ideology of kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids. It explores key issues thematically such as legitimation, representations of empire and royal space. Through this method, Stephen Harrison breaks traditional periodisation offering new insights into long-term trends. The book challenges existing narratives about the relationship between the Achaemenids and their successors. Rather than focusing on the mere facts of continuity and change, the study advocates for a more complex understanding of the Achaemenids' impact on monarchical ideology under Alexander and the Seleucids. Harrison's comparative approach brings the three empires into dialogue with one another and thus treats them all equally through this lens. The methodology highlights the uniqueness of particular strategies deployed by different rulers and isolate ideas which were distinctively 'Achaemenid', 'Alexandrine' or 'Seleucid' as opposed merely to identifying monarchical commonalities"-- De Gruyter Brill.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781474466417
ISBN	9781474466387
ISBN	1474466389 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book
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