Travel/history/culture guide to Iran - a member of the Odyssey series of travel guides. Useful facts for the visitor and inspirational for the armchair traveller. Heavily revised from the 2nd edition. New special topics include Iranian cinema, music & food. An introduction to Iran's religious traditions. As much for those planning a visit as for the armchair traveller interested in the culture, history & religion of the country.
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Born in Switzerland in 1962, Helen Loveday has a BA in Chinese and a PhD in Chinese archaeology from Oxford University. Following time spent in Central Asia, she became attracted by Iran and began studying Farsi, the national language. She is particularly interested in the Islamic architecture of ancient Persia and Sino-Iranian cultural exchanges. She currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland, where she is a curator of the Baur Collection museum.
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Fifteen thousand years before the beginning of the present era, whilst glaciers lay deep upon the face of Europe, the land of Irân, or much of it, was covered by the waters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
royal square, Shâh Tahmâsp, Shâh Abbâs, Bâbâ Tâher, Bâbâ Qâsim, hypostyle mosque, funerary tower, vassal nations, winged symbol, carved stucco, turquoise tiles, main monuments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Persian Gulf, Friday Mosque, Shah Abbas, Ahura Mazda, Central Asia, Shâh Abbas, Naqsh-e Rostam, Bandar Abbas, Church of the East, Reza Shah, New Year, Cyrus the Great, Gonbad-e Qâbus, Royal Mosque, Alexander the Great, Lake Orumieh, Nader Shah, Khoram Shahr, Sasanian Empire, Caspian Sea, Gate of All Nations, United States, Asia Minor, Karim Khân, Iranian Plateau Browse Sample Pages:
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Fifteen thousand years before the beginning of the present era, whilst glaciers lay deep upon the face of Europe, the land of Irân, or much of it, was covered by the waters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
royal square, Shâh Tahmâsp, Shâh Abbâs, Bâbâ Tâher, Bâbâ Qâsim, hypostyle mosque, funerary tower, vassal nations, winged symbol, carved stucco, turquoise tiles, main monuments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Persian Gulf, Friday Mosque, Shah Abbas, Ahura Mazda, Central Asia, Shâh Abbas, Naqsh-e Rostam, Bandar Abbas, Church of the East, Reza Shah, New Year, Cyrus the Great, Gonbad-e Qâbus, Royal Mosque, Alexander the Great, Lake Orumieh, Nader Shah, Khoram Shahr, Sasanian Empire, Caspian Sea, Gate of All Nations, United States, Asia Minor, Karim Khân, Iranian Plateau Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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