Studies in Ancient Persian History (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Studies in Ancient Persian History<br><br>The pages that follow plunge straightway into the subject of Persian history, and presuppose some knowledge on the reader's part. It will be here convenient to offer some prefatory notes and to prepare the ground.<br><br>The book is intended to lay the foundation of a correct view of ancient Persian history, which has been hitherto approached from a biassed standpoint. Accordingly it has to include a general review of authorities, ancient and modern. The important modern authorities, whose judgments are criticised in the following pages, will be glanced at here.<br><br>Of these, in English, Gibbon, Malcolm, and Rawlinson occupy the front rank.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.