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The Achaemenid Peace: Persia's Longest-Standing Border
Episode 146 of our Achaemenid series looks east — not west. While we've covered Greece, Babylon, and the Royal Road, Persia's most stable frontier was the one it barely fought over: the northeastern border along the Jaxartes and Oxus rivers. Lucas and Luna explore how Cyrus the Great and his successors managed the Scythian and Sogdian territories, the network of fortified garrison cities called 'kāra', and the diplomatic marriage alliances that kept peace for two centuries. They discuss the archaeological evidence from sites like Cyropolis and the 'Chorasmian wall', and ask whether the…
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