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CC BY-SA 3.0 Rome-Seleucia-Parthia 200bc
A number of publishers have series of what are called "companions" or "handbooks." These books take a topic within a large field and provide a range of articles covering multiple aspects of that topic. We purchase many of these companions as e-books but some are only available in print. Below you'll find either a link directly to the series or links to browse through the various titles in a series through the Franklin catalog. You'll find the link to an individual e-book in the Franklin catalog.
For Persia, use Iran. The subject heading for the history of Persia is
Iran--History--to 640
Iran -- Kings and rulers
Individual Names:
Darius III, King of Persia, -330 B.C.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Cyrus
Xenophon
Rome -- Civilization.
Rome -- History -- Empire, B.C. to ...
Rome -- Politics and government
Greece -- History 146 B.C. to ...
Athens (Greece) -- History
Dictionaries and encyclopedias can be very specialized and may help you with vocabulary, names, dates, variant spellings, concepts, maps, and more.
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