Published in 2026 by Brill as volume 20 of the Ancient Iran Series, Yazdan Safaee’s Women of the Empire: Life and Labor in the Achaemenid Persepolis Archives offers a comprehensive examination of women’s status and roles within the socio-economic framework of the Achaemenid Empire. Drawing primarily on the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives, the book uses documentary evidence to investigate the lives, labor, and agency of women both within royal institutions and beyond. Its chapters explore a range of themes and contexts in which women appear in administrative records, reconstructing their participation in the imperial economy.

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