The PersiansISBN: 978-1-55786-860-2
Hardcover
336 pages
November 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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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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