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Best books to learn Ancient Persia, in order

Ancient Persia is often glimpsed only through Greek eyes, so a good order deliberately recovers the Persian side of the story. Begin with an overview of the Achaemenid Empire and its founders, then go deep on Cyrus, Darius, and the wars with Greece, then the culture and administration of the empire—reading widely, since the sources are partial and the field keeps revising them.

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