Trouble in the west: Egypt and the Persian Empire, 525-332 BCE

Abstract

Preface Author's Note Table of Contents Maps Introduction: Stories and Sources 1. Persia and Egypt: The Historical Perspective 2. Persian Success: Conquest and Kingship, 525-518 3. Managing Egypt, 518-415 4. Losing Egypt, 415-400 5. Securing the Eastern Mediterranean, 399-395 6. Into the Aegean, 394-392 7. To Egypt: Preparations and Campaign, 392-387 8. The Egyptian War and the King's Peace, 387-386 9. Egypt Strikes Back: The Cypriot War and the Struggle for the Eastern Mediterranean, 386-379 10. Iphicrates Takes Over, ca. 378-373 11. Pharnabazus and Iphicrates' Egyptian Campaign, 12. Court Politics and the Collapse of the Third Campaign, 372-365 13. Egyptian Strategy Shifts: The Genesis of Tachos' Great Offensive, 364-361 14. Tachos: Campaign and Collapse, 360-359 15. Persian Counterattack? 16. Artaxerxes III: King and Commander, 358-350 17. Loss and Recovery of the Middle Territory, 350-345 18. Persian Success, 344-343 19. From Artaxerxes III to Alexander III 20. East, West, and Far West after the Persians: The Long View Appendix A. King Lists, Egypt and Persia Appendix B. Timeline, 525 - 332 B.C. Abbreviations Endnotes Bibliography Index