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Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland (Paperback, 2006)
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In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire which stretched from India to the shores of the Aegean. As a result of those conquests, Xerxes ruled as the most powerful man on the planet. Yet somehow, astonishingly, against the largest expeditionary force ever assembled, the Greeks of the mainland managed to hold out. The Persians were turned back. Greece remained free. Had the Greeks been defeated at Salamis, not only would the West have lost its first struggle for independence and survival, but it is unlikely that there would ever have been such and entity as the West at all. Tom Holland's brilliant new book describes the very first 'clash of Empires' between East and West. Once again he has found extraordinary parallels between the ancient world and our own. There is no competing popular book describing these events.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780349117171
eBay Product ID (ePID)90929109
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Number of Pages448 Pages
Publication NamePersian Fire: the First World Empire, Battle for the West
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
AuthorTom Holland
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight360 g
Item Width126 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorTom Holland
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- 12 Sep, 2024
East versus West told by the best.
Gripping history of epic clashes between east and west which continue to echo in the contemporary world.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Sep, 2021
no comment
The facts and dates seem very accurate. Easy to read not to remember.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Feb, 2023
Persian fire
A quality readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Jan, 2024
Excellent
Brilliant read,very good value.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jan, 2021
Book arrive promptly.
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