Publication

2008-09-16 - I. B. Tauris

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101850438986
  • ISBN-139781850438984
  • LibraryThing8182359
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009284863
  • OCLC Control Number150365107
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781850438984
  • Open LibraryOL11945081M

Classifications

  • LCCDS286 .D374 2009
  • LCCDS286 .D39 2009

Description

"In this book, Touraj Daryaee provides an account of Sasanian Persia. Drawing on extensive new sources he paints a portrait of Sasanian life and unravels the divergent strands that contributed to the making of this great Empire: religion - not just Zoroastrianism but also Manichaeism; the economy; administration; the multiple languages and their literature; as well as the Empire's often neglected social history. Daryaee also explores - for the first time in an integrated book on the Sasanians - their descendants' attempts for more than a century after their defeat to establish a second state and reveals how their values and traditions have endured, both in Iranian popular culture and in the literary tradition of the Persian language and literature, to the present day." "Sasanian Persia is a unique examination of a period of history that still has great significance for a full understanding of modern Iran."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (International Library of Iranian Studies)HardcoverI. B. Tauris2008-09-16

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