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Home > Greece & Persia > Period Study: The Persian Empire, 599-465BC > Suggested Source Material
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Period Study: The Persian Empire, 599-465BC
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DS 1: From Tyranny to Democracy, 546-483BC
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DS 2: Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462-429BC
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DS 3: Alexander the Great, 356-323BC
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Note that the suggestions above are not intended to be used as a prescribed list of sources and students are expected to read a wide range of source material in preparation for assessment.
Herodotus Histories 1.25–59; 69–216
Xenophanes, Fragment DK21 B22 at 54e (and quoted in full on p. 13)
Old Testament
Isaiah 45
Ezra 6
2 Chronicles 36
The archaeological site of Pasargadae: on UNESCO; on Livius
Herodotus, Histories 2.1; 3.1–38; 3.61–88; 5.25: navigate to the individual sections from here
Bisitun Inscription (DB) 10–15; 68–69
Epitaph to the Apis Bull, November 524: not available online (quoted in full on p. 26)
Herodotus, Histories 3.89–160; 4.1–4; 4.46–98; 4.120–144; 5.1–39; 5.97–126; 6.1–49; 6.94–7.3: navigate to the individual sections from here
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions of Darius including the Bisitun Inscription
Datiya Fortification Tablet (PF 1809Q): not available online (quoted in full on p. 45)
The archaeological site of Susa: on UNESCO; on Livius
The archaeological site of Persepolis, in particular the apadana staircase: on UNESCO; on Livius; a dedicated website here; University of Chicago’s webpage
Herodotus, Histories 7.2–9.121
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, 1.96–100
Plutarch, Life of Cimon, 12–13
Aeschylus, Persians (Aeschylus’ account of Salamis is at lines 331-461)