Rise of the Persians
The Ancients
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The Rise of the Persians
Lloyd: To fully understand the persian empire, you can't haved to take a step back and have a look at where the persians came from. He says they never articulate in their sources this idea of the king as the shepherd. And that's because sheep had very little to do in the consciousness of the persian people. Llloyd: They were cowboys, essentially, on the plains, long, long before they were empire builders.
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