The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 43
... empire appear more plausible . Among these is the idea that there may have been an economic pressure on the empire . It has been thought that the silver currency of the Mauryas was debased as a result of this pressure . The expense ...
... empire appear more plausible . Among these is the idea that there may have been an economic pressure on the empire . It has been thought that the silver currency of the Mauryas was debased as a result of this pressure . The expense ...
Page 947
... empire . It , too , developed and changed with time . After Cyrus the Persian tribal levy , based on the respon- sibility of all male Persians to fight for the king , was replaced by a professional army supplemented by a troop levy from ...
... empire . It , too , developed and changed with time . After Cyrus the Persian tribal levy , based on the respon- sibility of all male Persians to fight for the king , was replaced by a professional army supplemented by a troop levy from ...
Page 948
... empire and must have contributed , in ways that cannot be doc- umented with certainty , to the political unrest that was their own main cause . Ultimately , the achievement of the Achaemenid Persians was that they ruled with much ...
... empire and must have contributed , in ways that cannot be doc- umented with certainty , to the political unrest that was their own main cause . Ultimately , the achievement of the Achaemenid Persians was that they ruled with much ...
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