The Persians
Peoples of Asia
1. Auflage September 2006
336 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
the Persians
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"This book is not a dry historical narrative but an excellent, rigorous, yet generally accesible overview of Persians in history based on the latest scholarship on Iranian society and history. Essential."
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The Persians is a succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus
the Great in 558 BC to the present day. The book traces events from the rise of the Persian empire, through competition with Rome and conquest by the Arabs, through to the re-establishment of a Persian state in the sixteenth century, and finally the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the establishment of the current Islamic Republic.
For each period, the author utilizes the most recent scholarship in order to examine Iran's political, social, and cultural history. He presents this history within an analytical framework which focuses on rulership as the central theme of identity for Iranians. He also considers the part played in Iranian identity by land, political culture, religion, and the arts.
List of Dynistic Tables.
List of Maps.
Acknowledgments.
Dynastic Tables.
Maps.
1. Persia: Place and Idea.
2.The Achaemenians (c.550-331 BC).
3. Alexander (330-323 BC), the Selucids (312-129
BC), and the Parthians (247 BC-AD 224).
4. The Sasanians (c.224-651).
5. "Non-Iran": Arabs, Turks, and Mongols in
Iran.
6. The Safavids (1501-1722).
7. The Qajars (1796-1926).
8. Iran: 1921-2003: Pahlavi and Islamic Republican
Iran.
Notes.
Further Reading.
Index.
"This book is not a dry historical narrative but an excellent,
rigorous, yet generally accessible overview of Persians in history
based on the latest scholarship on Iranian society and History.
Essential." (Choice)
