Search Results - "Achaemenid"

Splendors of the ancient Persia

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Persia and the west an archaeological investigation of the genesis of Archaemenid art by Boardman, John 1927-

Subjects: “…Achaemenid (Dynasty) Art patronage…”
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A history of Iran empire of the mind by Axworthy, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Origins : Zoroaster, the Achaemenids, and the Greeks -- The Iranian revival : Parthians and Sassanids -- Islam and invasions : the Arabs, Turks and Mongols--the Iranian reconquest of Islam, the Sufis, and the poets -- Shi'ism and the Safavids -- The fall of the Safavids, Nader Shah, the eighteenth-century interregnum, and the early years of the Qajar dynasty -- The crisis of the Qajar monarchy, the revolution of 1905-1911, and the accession of the Pahlavi dynasty -- The Pahlavis and the revolution of 1979 -- Iran since the revolution : Islamic revival, war, and confrontation -- From Khatami to Ahmadinejad, and the Iranian predicament.…”
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