| Pierre Briant | |
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| Born | September 30, 1940 Angers, Maine-et-Loire |
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| Nationality |  French |
| Fields | Iranian Studies |
| Institutions | Collège de France |
| Alma mater | University of Poitiers |
| Known for | From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire |
Pierre Briant (born September 30, 1940 in Angers) is a French Iranologist, Professor of History and Civilisation of the Achaemenid World and the Empire of Alexander the Great at the Collège de France (1999 onwards), Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Chicago, and founder of the website Achemenet. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire department in northwestern France about 300 km south-west of Paris. Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France. History Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Iranian Studies ( ايران شناسیis an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Iranian cultural region (or the Iranian "cultural continent" The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment ( Grand établissement) located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Poitiers (Université de Poitiers is a University located in Poitiers, France. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire department in northwestern France about 300 km south-west of Paris. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Iranian Studies ( ايران شناسیis an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Iranian cultural region (or the Iranian "cultural continent" The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment ( Grand établissement) located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. com.
He studied History at the University of Poitiers (1960-1965), and reached his doctorat d'État in 1972. The University of Poitiers (Université de Poitiers is a University located in Poitiers, France. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
His works deal mainly with the Achaemenid Empire, and related matters as Alexander the Great or the Hellenistic Era. The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenid Persian Empire ( haχɒmaneʃijɒn (558–330 BC was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' This article focuses on the cultural aspects of the Hellenistic age for the historical aspects see Hellenistic period.
In the words of Matthew Stolper, Briant "has shown a generation of scholars once isolated from each other that they are members of a common intellectual project of great consequence. Matthew Wolfgang Stolper is Professor of Assyriology and the John A " [1]
Works
- Antigone le Borgne (Les Débuts de sa Carrière et les Problèmes de l'Assemblée Macédonienne) (1973) - doctoral thesis.
- Alexandre le Grand (1974, 2005)
- Rois, Tributs et Paysans, Études sur les Formations Tributaires du Moyen-Orient Ancien (1982)
- Etat et Pasteurs au Moyen-Orient Ancien' in Production Pastorale et Société (1982)
- L'Asie Centrale et les Royaumes Proche-orientaux du Premier Millénaire (c. VIIIe-IVe s. av. n. è. ) (1984)
- "Pouvoir central et polycentrisme culturel dans l'Empire achéménide (Quelques réflexions et suggestions)", in Achaemenid History I: Sources,structures and synthesis (ed. Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg), (1987)
- "Institutions perses et histoire comparatiste dans l'historiographie grecque", in Achaemenid History II: The Greek sources (eds. H. Sancisi-Weerdenbur & Amelie Kuhrt) (1987)
- "Ethno-classe dominante et populations soumises dans l'Empire achéménide: le cas de l'Égypte", in Achaemenid History III: Method and Theory (eds. A. Kuhrt & H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg) (1988)
- Dans les Pas des Dix-Mille (ed) (1995)
- Histoire de l'Empire Perse. De Cyrus à Alexandre (1996) - in English, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (2002).
- Darius dans l'Ombre d'Alexandre (2003)
References
- Briant's page at the Collège de France
- http://www.iranheritage.org/achaemenidconference/biogs_full.htm
- Honorary Degree ar the Chicago University
External links
- Achemenet
- Achaemenid museum
- P. Briant: Class system in Median and Achaemenid periods, in Encyclopaedia Iranica. Encyclopædia Iranica is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language Encyclopedia about the history culture and
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