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From Ancient Persia To Contemporary Iran: Selected Historical

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This booklet narrates the history of Iran (Persia) from a positive perspective -- a good contrast to what the Western mass media have projected over the past two decades. The text is brief and to the point, and the illustrations enhace the richness of the text. Given its modest price, this booklet makes a great gift for friends (young or old) interested in Iran.

it is a great, quick review of persian history with highlights of the richness of persia. I learned so much that i did not know. It is easy to read and fascinating facts. Anyone interested in the rich persian history must have a copy. I bought many copies and gave it as gifts to my friends.

This pamphlet, although short and somewhat over simplified, is a good study time line that helps the student of Near East History/ Persian History make sense of the Ancient History of one of the gratest contributors to the modern world. Persia discovered and developed a lot of the things we simply take for granted in our "modern world" such as calendars, irrrigation systems, Religeous Monotheism of all modern religions (based on Zoroastrism- both Christianity and Judeism, and(Islam-although they the banned it)), postal systems- we get our slogan from the Persians.. the first highway..and monitary systems...and the first bill of rights! This pamphlet simplifies the time periods of the Persian Historical Eras making it easier for the reader/student to understand and remember a long and fascinatingly rich and elaborate history that then can be filled in with other historical texts. This is not meant to be a stand alone historical treatment but more as an introductory very simplified study time-line for reference when reading the much more indepth history books that can be much harder to understand with out this pamphlets help. It is what I use as a quick reference when I feel I am getting confused and in terms of learning and remembering history it is a valuable tool for students of all ages.