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 Wars

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Duke Holm

Length: 1 hr and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Did you know that the Achaemenid Persian Empire stretched from North Africa to Central Asia?

If ranked by population percentage, the Achaemenid Empire, also known as the First Persian Empire, is the largest Empire the world has ever seen with 44 percent of the world’s population belonging to it.

But despite its remarkable conquests, riches, and astonishing achievements in fields such as engineering, the Achaemenid Empire has remained shrouded in mystery.

But that is about to change. In this new captivating history audiobook, you will discover the truth about this startling empire.

In 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 Wars you will:

• Discover how the Achaemenid Empire got its start, as well as the conditions that allowed their culture to grow and prosper.
• Learn how Cyrus the Great came to power and the remarkable ways in which he and his successors ruled the empire.
• Get insights into the Achaemenid style of warfare, including rituals, strategies, and tactics they used to conquer their foes, as well as how they protected themselves against intruders.
• Learn about the roles and obligations of the people, who and how they worshipped, including their beliefs.
• Discover how the royalty lived in lavish luxury and how they had other people carry out their wishes.
• Learn about the rituals that were part of their daily lives, and how those rituals were performed.
• Discover little-known facts such as the cause that ultimately led to their downfall, the lessons learned from their history, and what we can take away as a modern society.
• And much, much more!

So if you want to learn about the Achaemenid Persian Empire without having to go through boring textbooks, buy this audiobook today!

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liked it

I like the fact that he writes from a non-western perspective. I highly recommend this book for anybody interested in Persian and ancient history.

A Captivating Guide

It is as if the history comes alive! listen about the rise to power of the Achaemenid Empire, their traditions, beliefs, and their achievements.

Generous and humane leader

I do worry about the historical facts and interpretations but this is universal in history books. As an introduction to the vast array of history subjects presented by Captivating History. I praise them and thank them for their efforts.

Discovering Cyrus

The book is much more comprehensive researched, and includes the most recent knowledge about this great historical figure, including the Cyrus Cylinder. This book should be on the bookshelves of All Iranians and the scholars and researchers engaged on research about the Persian Empires and the first empire builder.

Insightful

I was especially impressed with the way in which Captivating History was able to weave together the strands of information from primary sources and draw new and compelling insights from the documentation. His book is a high watermark and I find myself returning to it again and again.

Very insightful

Good book for sure, lots of great lessons to learn. I felt like the author wrote it in such a way that it Cyrus was almost 'too' righteous and virtuous (i.e. embellishment), but I suppose that just shows his reverence of the man/legend.

I will learn more management tips from it

This book is highly recommended for even the non-scholars whether you're only interested in military strategy or the influence of ancient religious beliefs on Judaism or the debate over the Cyrus Cylinder being the very first human rights declaration.

Gets preachy toward the end

I really enjoyed this audiobook. It is concise, but tells a compelling story. My only complaint is the religious tolerance sermon at the end. The author literally finishes by discussing the Islamic conquest, which ended religious toleration, then goes on to preach that modern people need to be as progressive as the Achaemid Empire. The reason we cannot have such toleration is the threat to civilization posed by adherents of the religion that destroyed the empire.

Well known History

This book takes into consideration all the well known Greek sources from the time of the building of the Persian empire. It also takes into consideration the few Persian sources of history that have survived to our time. It is by far the most accurate rendering of the events of the time of Cyrus.

Great to listen too

Captivating History’s book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Cyrus or the early Achaemenid period of Persian history. It provides a wealth of scholarly material presented in a straight forward and fresh style