AH 50 Non-theme Further Reading
By Owain Williams
Ancient History 50, in addition to the excellent theme articles, had some great non-theme articles. For readers who want to know more, here are some further reading recommendations.
Culley (Kurtaš in Achaemenid Persia)
Briant, P. From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake, IN.: Eisenbrauns, 2002.
Cameron, G.G. Persepolis Treasury Tablets. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1948.
Dandamaev, M.A. “Forced labour in the palace economy of Achaemenid Iran.” Altorientalische Forschungen 2 (1975): 71–8.
Dandamaev, M.A. “Barda and Barda-dāri i. Achaemenid Period.” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2000.
Halcock, R.T. Persepolis Fortification Tablets. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969.
Stolper, M.W. Entrepreneurs and Empire: The Murašû Archive, the Murašû Firm, and Persian Rule in Babylonia. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1985.
Waters, M. King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Dahm (Cemetery of Ur)
Podany, A.H. Weavers, Scribes and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Reade, J. “Assyrian King-Lists, the Royal Tombs of Ur, and Indus Origins.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 60 (2001): 1–29.
Reade, J. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003.
Rathbone (Indo-Roman Trade)
Casson, L. The Periplus Maris Erythraei. Text with Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press, 1989.
De Romanis, F. The Indo-Roman Pepper Trade and the Muziris Papyrus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Tomber, R. Indo-Roman Trade. From Pots to Pepper. London: Duckworth, 2008.
Happy reading!
