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The Persians

ISBN: 978-1-55786-860-2
Hardcover
336 pages
January 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
List Price: US $139.25
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  • A succinct narrative of Persian 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 Persian identity.

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