For 200 years, from the second half of the 6th century BC to the decades before 330 BC, the Persian dynasty of the Achaemenids ruled an enormous empire stretching from the Mediterranean to Afganistan and India. The Great Kings Dareios I and Xerxes I even tried to conquer Greece and the northern Black Sea, but failed. Why were they interested in the Pontic area? In contrast to rich satrapies, such as Egypt, Phoenicia, and Syria, the Black Sea had no prosperous cities to offer. After 479 BC, the Persians acknowledged that the coast and Caucasus formed the natural borders of the empire. Nevertheless, the satraps became involved in the affairs of the Black Sea region in order to safeguard the empire's frontiers. The local inhabitants of the region became bearers and transmitters of Persian culture.
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Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia : The Small World of Dion Chrysostomos
Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia : The Small World of Dion Chrysostomos
Meetings of Cultures in the Black Sea Region : Between Conflicts and Coexistence
Mithridates VI and the Pontic Kingdom
Cultural Interactions and Social Strategies on the Pontic Shores : Burial Customs in the Northern Black Sea Area c. 550-270 BC
From Goths to Varangians : Communications and Cultural Exchange Between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea
Pottery, Peoples and Places : Study and Interpretation of Late Hellenistic Pottery