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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

By Tom Holland

Book information

Publisher
Anchor
Year
2007
ISBN
0307279480, 9780307279484
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3416156 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
464\0
Time added
2013-01-23 12:52:37

Description

In the fifth century B.C., 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 Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and fateful as any episode in history. Tom Holland’s brilliant study of these critical Persian Wars skillfully examines a conflict of critical importance to both ancient and modern history

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