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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Daryaee, Touraj, 1967- Sasanian Persia. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : In Association with the Iran Heritage Foundation ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (OCoLC)150365107 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Touraj Daryaee; Iran Heritage Foundation. |
ISBN: | 9780857716668 0857716662 9781441616067 1441616063 |
OCLC Number: | 503447679 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents: | The political history of Iran and an-Iran -- The society of Iranshahr -- Religions of the empire : Zoroastrians, Manichaeans, Jews and Christians -- Languages and textual remains of the citizens -- The economy and administration of the Iranshahr. |
Series Title: | International library of Iranian studies, 8. |
Responsibility: | Touraj Daryaee. |
Abstract:
The Sasanians were the last of the ancient Persian dynasties, and the preeminent practitioners of the Zoroastrian religion. This book provides an account of Sasanian Persia. It offers an examination of a period of history that still has great significance for a full understanding of modern Iran.
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"'Touraj Daryaee synthesizes a new generation of Sasanian scholarship to present the first single volume study of such important history. The author's erudition is very impressive and he masters complex sources with exemplary clarity.' Gene Garthwaite, Professor of History, Dartmouth College" Read more...
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