Ancient Persia (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Ancient Persia Of all the great civilizations of the ancient world, that of Persia is one of the most remarkable but least understood. This is a study of the country's origins and why it collapsed so dramatically with the Arab invasions of the seventh century.
Full description- Publisher: I.B.Tauris
- Published: 18 August 2001
- Format: Paperback 344 pages
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- Categories: Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500
- ISBN 13: 9781860646751 ISBN 10: 1860646751
- Sales rank: 116,712
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Full description for Ancient Persia
Of all the great civilizations of the ancient world, that of Persia is one of the most remarkable but least understood. This is a study of the country's origins and why it collapsed so dramatically with the Arab invasions of the seventh century. Josef Wiesehofer, provides a comprehensive survey of the Persian Empire under the Achaeminids, the Parthians and the Sassanians. By focusing on the primary Persian sources - written, archaeological and numismatic evidence from Persia - he avoids the traditional Western approach which has tended to rely so heavily on inaccurate, and sometimes prejudiced, Greek and Roman sources.
