20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes

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Follows the Achaemenid Empire from Cyrus to Darius III and Alexander's burning of Persepolis, quoting Herodotus alongside Persian inscriptions to balance the Greek view.

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The Achaemenid Persian Empire and its fall to Alexander.

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Part of Fall of Civilizations, Fall of Civilizations Chronological

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