This latest volume in The Idea of Iran series concentrates on the Sasanian period. Seizing power from the previous dynasty--the Parthians--the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine aspect of their rule in a variety of forms, such as on coins, rock reliefs and silver plates, and architecture and the arts flourished under their aegis. Sasanian military success brought them into conflict with Rome, and later Byzantium. Their empire eventually collapsed under the force of the Arab army in AD 642, when Zoroastrianism was replaced with Islam. Engaging with all the major aspects of Sasanian culture, twelve eminent scholars address subjects which include: early Sasanian art and iconography; early Sasanian coinage; religion and identity in the Sasanian empire; later Sasanian orality and literacy; and state and society in late antique Iran. The volume in question arguably comprises the most complete and comprehensive treatment of the Sasanian civilization yet to be published in English.
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Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis is Curator of Islamic and Iranian Coins at the British Museum and Joint Editor of IRAN, Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. Sarah Stewart is Deputy Director of the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and teaches Zoroastrianism in the Department of religions at SOAS.
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The early Sasanian kings are widely assumed to have been motivated by strong religious sentiments, and to have initiated reforms that eventually led to profound changes in the character of the Zoroastrian religion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Middle Persian, Ardashir Khurreh, King of Kings, Sasanian Iran, Kal-i Jangal, Sasanian Empire, Right Measure, Parthian Great King, British Museum, Naqsh-i Rustam, Old Persian, Sasanian Zoroastrianism, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Western Turks, Qaleh Dukhtar, Persian Gulf, Qaleh-i Yazdgird, Iranian Plateau, Private Collection, Tang-i Sarvak, Book Pahlavi, Takht-i Nishin, Rag-i Bibi, Parthian Empire, Pahlavi Psalter Browse Sample Pages:
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