Persians

Lost Civilizations

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Now available in paperback, The Persians tells the story of this cultured ancient civilization, tracing the unique features of Persian life as well as their influence down the centuries. This book describes the difficulties early Persians encountered and how such challenges contributed to their unique character and the establishment of the Achaemenid Empire. It recounts the keenly fought conflicts with the Greeks for mastery of the Eastern Mediterranean, a contest which was to dominate the geopolitics of the ancient world, and it paints a vivid picture of the many great Persian cities and the civilization's spectacular achievements: an efficient road system that linked an empire together; respect for subject peoples; and advances in irrigation techniques that created a ‘paradise’ envied by its neighbours.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-02-01
Mått138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLost Civilizations
Antal sidor208
FörlagReaktion Books
ISBN9781789146899

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ChronologyPreface: lost and foundOrigins: the land and the peopleThe achaemenid dynastyThe achievements of the achaemenidsCyrus the Great in history and legendPersepolis: city, throne and powerThus Spake Zarathustra: religion and empireParadise gainedAlexander of Macedon and the Hellenistic interludeEmpire revived: the SasanidsIslamic Persia and Persian IslamFrom Persepolis to Samarkand: the Persian legacy in central AsiaParadise if Bliss: the Persian Legacy in India from the Timurids to the MughalsCyrus with Golden Caviar: the Last dynasty salutes the firstFrom Shahyad to Azadi: the Islamic Republic and the Ancient LegacyLost in Translation?The first superpower?Conclusion: power and paradiseReferencesBibliographyAcknowledgementsPhoto acknowledgementsIndex

"The Persians is a compact, concise history of a whole civilisation – from its nomadic origins in the 1st and 2nd millennia BC to its new role as a tourist destination as modern-day Iran . . . Tellingly, the book’s useful chronology ends in 2001 with the destruction of the Twin Towers. Today, Iran’s power and influence is far from waning" - Minerva Magazine"Anyone looking for a concise overview of Iranian history from pre-Islamic times to the present could do worse than consult this elegantly written volume" - Choice