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"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
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The Persians is a succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 560BC to the present day.
- A succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 560BC to the present day.
- 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 Revoltuion on 1979 and the establishment of the current Islamic Republic.
- Uses the most recent scholarship to examine Iran's political, social and cultural history.
- Focuses on rulership as a central theme in Iranian identity.
- Also shows how land, language and literature relate to Iranian identity.
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"Persia" is not easily located with any geographic specificity, nor can its people, the Persians, be easily categorized. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Riza Shah, Central Asia, Ahura Mazda, Riza Khan, United States, Chingiz Khan, Naqsh-i Rustam, Islamic Republic, Middle East, Old Persian, Persian Gulf, Qara Quyunlu, National Front, Alexander the Great, Council of Guardians, Cyrus Cylinder, Cyrus the Great, Sultan Husain, Firdausi's Shahnamah, Uzun Hasan, Ahmad Shah, Karim Khan, Muhammad Shah, Nadir Shah, Qara Khitai Browse Sample Pages:
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"Persia" is not easily located with any geographic specificity, nor can its people, the Persians, be easily categorized. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Riza Shah, Central Asia, Ahura Mazda, Riza Khan, United States, Chingiz Khan, Naqsh-i Rustam, Islamic Republic, Middle East, Old Persian, Persian Gulf, Qara Quyunlu, National Front, Alexander the Great, Council of Guardians, Cyrus Cylinder, Cyrus the Great, Sultan Husain, Firdausi's Shahnamah, Uzun Hasan, Ahmad Shah, Karim Khan, Muhammad Shah, Nadir Shah, Qara Khitai Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Central Asia by Peter Golden on 4 pages
- Answer to History by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi on page 257, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by Richard Tapper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire by Pierre Briant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution (Studies in Political Economy Series) by Misagh Parsa in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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