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The history of Iran

Author: Elton L Daniel
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Series: Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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With almost three thousand years of history, Iran is home to one of the world's richest and most complex cultures. Yet to the average American the name Iran probably conjures up an image of a remote and upstart country inhabited by a people whose religious fanaticism is matched only by the intensity of their disdain for the United States and its values, who speak an obscure tongue called Farsi, and whose identity is  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Daniel, Elton L.
History of Iran.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2001
(OCoLC)606478023
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Elton L Daniel
ISBN: 0313307318 9780313307317 9780313361005 0313361002
OCLC Number: 43951883
Description: xvi, 299 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Contents: The land and people of Iran --
Ancient Iran --
From the Parthians to Mongols --
Early modern Iran --
From the Zand to the Qajars --
The forging of the nation-state --
Mohammad-Reza Shah --
Khomeini and the Islamic revolution --
The Khomeini era --
The era of reconstruction --
Contemporary Iran.
Series Title: Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
Responsibility: Elton L. Daniel.

Abstract:

With almost three thousand years of history, Iran is home to one of the world's richest and most complex cultures. Yet to the average American the name Iran probably conjures up an image of a remote and upstart country inhabited by a people whose religious fanaticism is matched only by the intensity of their disdain for the United States and its values, who speak an obscure tongue called Farsi, and whose identity is not clearly distinguished from that of their Arab neighbors. This work offers a portrait of the Iranian people and their complex history from the perspective of one of the world's foremost experts on the country. Following a timeline of key events in the history of Iran and an overview chapter of the land and its people today, ten chapters trace the history of the country from its roots in prehistory to the many cultures and civilizations that ruled the area before the nation state was forged in the early 20th century. An up-to-date history of Iran, the work covers in detail the era of the Shah, Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution, the Khomeini era, the era of reconstruction, and contemporary Iran at the dawn of the 21st century. It includes short biographical profiles of key historical figures.

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