Pierre Briant
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Pierre Briant 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.com.
He studied History at the University of Poitiers
(1960–1965), and reached his doctorat d'État in 1972.
His works deal mainly with the Achaemenid Empire
, and related matters as Alexander the Great or the Hellenistic Era
.
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."
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Iranologist, Professor of History and Civilisation of the Achaemenid World and the Empire of Alexander the Great at the Collège de France
Collège de France
The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
(1999 onwards), Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, and founder of the website achemenet.com.
He studied History at the University of Poitiers
University of Poitiers
The University of Poitiers is a university in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group.-History:Founded in 1431 by Pope Eugene IV and chartered by King Charles VII, the University of Poitiers was originally composed of five faculties: theology, canon law, civil law, medicine, and...
(1960–1965), and reached his doctorat d'État in 1972.
His works deal mainly with the Achaemenid Empire
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire , sometimes known as First Persian Empire and/or Persian Empire, was founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation...
, and related matters as Alexander the Great or the Hellenistic Era
Hellenistic civilization
Hellenistic civilization represents the zenith of Greek influence in the ancient world from 323 BCE to about 146 BCE...
.
In the words of Matthew Stolper
Matthew Stolper
Matthew Wolfgang Stolper is Professor of Assyriology and the John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies in the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago....
, Briant "has shown a generation of scholars once isolated from each other that they are members of a common intellectual project of great consequence."
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 & Amélie KuhrtAmélie KuhrtAmélie Kuhrt FBA is a historian and specialist in the history of the ancient Near East.Professor Emerita at University College London, she specialises in the social, cultural and political history of the region from c.3000-100 BC, especially the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian and Seleucid empires....
) (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)
External links
- Achemenet
- Achaemenid museum
- P. Briant: Class system in Median and Achaemenid periods, in Encyclopaedia Iranica.