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Olmstead, Albert. __History of The Persion Empire__. Chigago: University of Chigago Press, 1948. Briant, Pirre. __from Cyrus to Alexader__. paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1996
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Engineering an Empire - History Channel
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