Garthwaite, Gene R.
The Persians
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.
- Author(s)
- Garthwaite, Gene R.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Peoples of Asia
- Page amount
- 311 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781405144001
- Printed ISBN
- 9781557868602