PART I. History -- The Achaemenid Empire in the Context of World History (550-330 BCE) / T. Daryaee and Kh. Rezakhani -- Designation of the Empire and Its Political Concepts of Darius I according to Old Persian Records / C. Herrenschmidt -- "An Admirer of Persian Ways" : Alexander the Great's Reforms in Parthia-Hyrcania and the Iranian Heritage / M.J. Olbrycht -- Darius the First, the Ninth King / M. Waters -- PART II. Archaeology and Material Culture -- The Pre-Imperial Persians at the Land of Anshan : Some Preliminary Observations / K. Abdi & M.-T. Atayi -- The Cultural Heritage of the Aristocracy of Persis during the Hellenistic Period / P. Callieri -- The Achaemenid Coinage : Regal and Satrapal Coins / A. Gariboldi -- Sailing to Pasargadae / D.T. Potts -- The Palace Architecture of the Achaemenids under Scrutiny : an Approach to the Problem of its Origin / A. Tourovetz -- Landscape, Sources and Architecture at the Archaeological Remains of Achaemenid Sīstān (East Iran) : Dahān-i Gholāmān / B. Genito -- PART III. Religion and Culture -- Ancestors, Corpses, Kings, and the Land : Symbolic Constructs in Ancient India and Iran / B. Lincoln -- The Achaemenian Power Between Tolerance and Authoritarianism : Possible or Impossible Comparison with Modern Phenomena / A. Panaino -- "Excellence in Soul and Nobly Bred to Grandeur" : Contemporary External Texts Relating to Achaemenid Belief and Practice / J. Rose -- PART IV. Remembering the Achaemenids -- Ancient Persia in Cinema / W. Soward
