The Persian Empire: Taught By Professor John W. I. Lee, Ph.D.,
Cornell University, University of California, Santa Barbara Course No. 3117
Publisher: The Great Courses 2012 | ISBN n/a | Language English | Audio CD in MP3 + Course Guidebook + Starter Materials | 24 Lectures ~ 30 minutes / lecture | 530 MB
What do we know about the Persian Empire? For most of the past 2,500 years, we've heard about it from the ancient Greek perspective: a decadent civilization run by despots, the villains who lost the Battle of Marathon and supplied the fodder for bad guys in literature and film. But is this image really accurate?…