The Persians

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Автор: Brosius Maria

Название: The Persians

Издательство: New York

Год: 2006

Язык: english

Страниц: 217

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European history describes the Persian empires mainly through the history of the Greeks and Romans who regarded them as politically, culturally, and socially inferior. In short, to them the Persians were barbarians. Yet this Indo-European civilisation was one of the most highly developed of the ancient world. Its society, with its many different languages, cultures, and religions, had a profound and continuing influence on the West. This study vividly introduces the reader to the history of Persia in its own right; from the heights of the Achaemenid dynasty (559–330 BC), the first monarchy to create a world empire, to the heterogeneous empire of the Parthians (247 BC–AD 224), and the powerful Sasanian empire (AD 224–651), epitomised in the rule of Khosrow Anushirvan, Of the Immortal Soul. The only book of its kind to cover both the history of the Achaemenid period and of the thousand years following Alexander’s conquest, and including chapters on a wide range of separate issues such as society, economy, gender, power, and defence, this book is the essential beginner’s guide to ancient Persia and ideal for students and general readers alike. Maria Brosius is a Reader in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle. She has worked and travelled in Iran and has published several books on Persian history, including The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I (2000) and Women in Ancient Persia (559–331 BC) (1996, reprinted 1998, 2001).