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Persian fire the first world empire and the battle for the West
Holland, Tom
Persian fire the first world empire and the battle for the West Tom Holland - London Hachette 2005 - XXV, 418 p. col.ill. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the most powerful man on the planet is as heart-stopping as any episode in history.
9780349117171
History
935 / HOL
Persian fire the first world empire and the battle for the West Tom Holland - London Hachette 2005 - XXV, 418 p. col.ill. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the most powerful man on the planet is as heart-stopping as any episode in history.
9780349117171
History
935 / HOL