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A Senior Student’s Guide to Ancient Persia | |
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Jennifer Lawless and Kate Cameron DESCRIPTION A Senior Student’s Guide to Ancient Persia provides comprehensive coverage of the three Persian topics in HSC Ancient History:
Brief early chapters of this book introduce the key features of Persian history and provide foundation knowledge for all three HSC topics. The Xerxes chapter includes a Source Study on The Persians, the play by Aeschylus. The chapter on Expansion of the Empire provides detailed coverage of the Persian wars against the Greeks – from a Persian perspective. The book is written in an engaging and accessible style and draws on a wealth of written and archaeological sources, including recent research. Questions draw attention to key areas of content and issues of historiography, encouraging students to work with sources and think critically about how they contribute to our knowledge and understanding of Persian history. Finally, the book also includes advice for students on revising and preparing for the HSC examination, illustrated by annotated sample responses to questions on Persian topics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: The Persian Empire Chapter 2: Sources on Ancient Persia Chapter 3: Administration of the Persian Empire Chapter 4: The Persian Concept of Kingship Chapter 5: Religion in the Persian Empire Chapter 6: Royal Building Programs Chapter 7: The Persian Army Chapter 8: Cyrus II Chapter 9: Cambyses Chapter 10: Darius I Chapter 11: Personality Study: Xerxes Chapter 12: Expansion of the Persian Empire Chapter 13: Later Persian Kings Chapter 14: Decline of the Persian Empire? Chapter 15: Persian Society at the time of Darius and Xerxes Preparing for the HSC
CONTRIBUTORS
Dr Jennifer Lawless is a former history teacher and teacher educator at Sydney and Western Sydney Universities. She was a Senior marker for HSC Ancient History and Inspector for Schools HSIE at the Board of Studies (now NESA). Jennifer has co-authored several history textbooks and presents regularly to teachers and students at HTANSW events. She also leads Ancient History tours for teachers for Academy Travel.
Kate Cameron has many years’ experience as a history teacher and HSC marker, and as a teacher educator at Macquarie University. She was Senior Assessment Officer for HSIE at the Board of Studies (now NESA). Kate has co-authored several history textbooks and actively supports students and teachers of history through online and print publications, and through presentations and workshops at HTA conferences and HSC Study Days. Both Jennifer and Kate have received numerous awards for their teaching, research and publications. They have a life-long love of Ancient History and a passion for Persian history in particular. They have travelled the countries of the ancient world for research – and for pleasure, including travel within Iran for research on Persia.
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