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2 Volume I Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Notes on Contributors SECTION I: INTRODUCTION SECTION II: GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHY CHAPTER 1: Geography and Climate REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 2: Demoscopy and Demography Object of Research and Method The Sources and Their Relevance REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 3: Peoples and Languages Introduction: The Territory of the Achaemenid Empire The Internal Ethnic Diversity of the Achaemenid Empire The Languages of the Achaemenid Empire: An Overview Language and Administration in the Achaemenid Empire REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 4: Languages and Script REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 5: Onomastics Personal Names: Evidence Iranian Names Particulars Non‐Iranian Names Geographical Names REFERENCES FURTHER READING SECTION III: SOURCES SECTION III.A: WRITTEN SOURCES CHAPTER 6: The Inscriptions of the Achaemenids REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 7: Elamite Sources Introduction Elamite Language Royal Inscriptions Administrative Texts Seal Inscriptions Elamite Sources of Old Iranian Variation and Contact REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 8: Babylonian Sources Introduction Survey of Archival Texts Library Texts Conclusions REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 9: Aramaic Sources Achaemenid Official Aramaic Documentary Texts Literary Compositions Aftermath REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 10: Biblical Sources Epigraphical Sources Literary Sources REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 11: Phoenician Sources The Inscriptions of the Four Main Phoenician Cities Other Inscriptions from the Levantine Seashore Inscriptions from Cyprus Other Inscriptions from the Persian Empire REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER 12: Egyptian Sources REFERENCES FURTHER READING CHAPTER
