The organisation of the country and its division into satrapies: the satrap, the military commander, the royal secretary; couriers, main roads, the Eyes and Ears of the king—The financial system and the provincial taxes: the daric—Advantages and drawbacks of the system of division into satrapies; the royal guard and the military organisation of the empire—The conquest of the Hapta-Hindu and the prospect of war with Greece.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I—THE IRANIAN CONQUEST ]
[ CHAPTER II—THE LAST DAYS OF THE OLD EASTERN WORLD ]
List of Illustrations
[ 012.jpg the Ahura-mazd of The Bas-reliefs Of Persepolis ]
[ 012b.jpg Hypostyle of Hall Of Xerxes: Detail Of Entablature ]
[ 013.jpg an Iranian Genius in Form of a Winged Bull ]
[ 014.jpg Ahura-mazd Bestowing the Tokens of Royalty on An Iranian King ]
[ 017a.jpg Atar the God of Fire ]
[ 022.jpg One of the Bad Genii, Subject to AngrÔ-mainyus ]
[ 023.jpg the King Struggling Against an Evil Genius ]
[ 031.jpg the Two Iranian Altakrat Nakhsh-Î-rustem ]
[ 032.jpg the Two Iranian Altars of Murgab ]
[ 032b.jpg the Occupations of Ani in The Elysian Fields ]
[ 033.jpg the Sacred Fire Burning on The Altar ]
[ 039.jpg a Royal Hunting-party in Hun ]
[ 042.jpg Remains of the Palace Of Ecbatana ]
[ 050.jpg the Tumulus of Alyattes and The Entrance to The Passage ]
[ 051.jpg One of the Lydian Ornaments in The Louvre ]
[ 052.jpg Mould for Jewellery of Lydian Origin ]
[ 053.jpg a Lydian Funery Couch ]
[ 054a.jpg Lydian Coin Bearing a Running Fox ]
[ 054b.jpg Lydian Coin With a Hare ]
[ 055.jpg Lydian Coins With a Lion and Lion’s Head ]
[ 056a.jpg Coin Bearing Head of Mouflon Goat ]
[ 059.jpg View of the Site and Ruins Of Ephesus ]
[ 075.jpg Croesus on his Pyre ]
[ 078.jpg a Persian King Fighting With Greeks ]
[ 080.jpg the Present Site of Miletus ]
[ 083.jpg a Lycian City Upon Its Inaccessible Rock ]
[ 105.jpg Table of the Last Kings Of Ptolemy ]
[ 111.jpg an Osiris Stretched Full Length on the Ground ]
[ 113.jpg Amasis in Adoration Before the Bull Apis ]
[ 114.jpg the Naos of Amasis at Thmuis ]
[ 120.jpg the Present Site of Naucratis ]
[ 128.jpg Cyrus the Achaemenian ]
[ 145.jpg the Naophoros Statuette of The Vatican ]
[ 148.jpg Encampment de Bacharis ]
[ 159.jpg Darius, Son of Hystaspes ]
[ 166.jpg Darius Piercing a Rebel With his Lance Before A Group of Four Prisoners ]
[ 175.jpg the Rocks of Behistun ]
[ 181.jpg Map of the Archaemenian Strapies ]
[ 186.jpg Street Vender of Curios After the Painting By Gerome. ]
[ 188.jpg Daric of Darius, Son Of Hystaspes ]
[ 192.jpg Funeral Offerings. ]
[ 212a.jpg Alexander I. Of Macedon ]
[ 212b.jpg a Phoenician Galley ]
[ 215.jpg the Battle-field of Marathon ]
[ 219.jpg Darius on the Stele of The Isthmus ]
[ 220.jpg Walls of the Fortress Of Ditsh-el-qalÂa ]
[ 221.jpg the Great Temple of Darius at HabÎt ]
[ 227.jpg a Trireme in Motion ]
[ 239.jpg the Battle-field of Plataea ]
[ 258.jpg View of the Achaemenian Ruins Of Istakhr ]
[ 260.jpg the Tomb of Darius ]
[ 261.jpg the Hill of The Royal Achaemenian Tombs At Nakush-i-rustem ]
[ 262.jpg One of the Capitals from Susa ]
[ 262b.jpg Freize of Archers at Suza ]
[ 263.jpg General Ruins of Persipolis ]
[ 267.jpg the Propylaea of Xerxes I. At Persepolis ]
[ 268.jpg Bas-relief of the Staircase Leading to The Apadana of Xerxes ]
[ 269.jpg the King on his Throne ]
[ 270.jpg a View of the Apadana Of Susa, Restored ]
[ 273.jpg Processional Display of Tribute Brought to The King of Persia ]
[ 305.jpg Evagoras II. Of Salamis ]
[ 312.jpg Table of the Last Egyptian Dynasties ]
[ 313.jpg Small Temple of Nectanebo, at the Southern Extremity of Philae ]
[ 314.jpg Naos of Nectanebo in the Temple at Edfu ]
[ 315.jpg Great Gate of Nectanebo at Karnak ]
[ 316.jpg Fragment of a Naos Of the Time Of Nectanebo II. In the Bologna Museum ]
[ 317.jpg One of the Lions in The Vatican ]
[ 321.jpg Map of the Persian Empire ]
[ 325.jpg Coins of the Satraps With Aramaean Inscriptions ]
[ 327b.jpg Statue of Mausolus ]
[ 327a.jpg Coin of a Lycian King ]
[ 328.jpg Lycian Sarcophagus Decorated With Greek Carvings ]
[ 337.jpg Chaldean Seal With Aramaic Inscription ]
[ 346.jpg Fountain and School of the Mother Of Little Mohamad ]
[ 348.jpg Modern Mohammedan Shekhs Tombs ]
[ 349.jpg Part of the Inundation in a Palm Grove ]
[ 350.jpg Ephemeral Hovels of Clay Or Dried Bricks ]
[ 359.jpg the Step Pyramid Seen from The Grove Op Palm Trees to the North of Saqqarah ]
[ 362a.jpg Long Strings of Laden Vessels ]
[ 362b.jpg the Vast Sheet of Water in The Midday Heat ]
[ 363.jpg the Mountains Honeycombed With Tombs And Quarries ]
[ 368.jpg an Elephant Armed for War ]
[ 376.jpg the Battlefield of Issus ]
[ 377.jpg a Bas-relief on A Sidonian Sarcophagus ]
[ 379.jpg the Isthmus of Tyre at The Present Day ]
[ 382.jpg the Battle of Arbela, from The Mosaic Of Herculanum ]
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