Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Persians

Lost Civilizations

Av Geoffrey Parker, Brenda Parker

Del 18 i serien Lost Civilizations

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Now available in paperback, The Persians tells the story of this cultured ancient civilization, tracing the unique features of Persian life as well as their influence down the centuries. This book describes the difficulties early Persians encountered and how such challenges contributed to their unique character and the establishment of the Achaemenid Empire. It recounts the keenly fought conflicts with the Greeks for mastery of the Eastern Mediterranean, a contest which was to dominate the geopolitics of the ancient world, and it paints a vivid picture of the many great Persian cities and the civilization's spectacular achievements: an efficient road system that linked an empire together; respect for subject peoples; and advances in irrigation techniques that created a ‘paradise’ envied by its neighbours.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2023-02-01
Mått: 138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt: 422 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Serie: Lost Civilizations
Antal sidor: 208
Förlag: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781789146899

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Geoffrey Parker was Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. His many books include Sovereign City (2004), Power in Stone (2014), and The Persians (2016), all published by Reaktion Books.

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The Persians is a compact, concise history of a whole civilisation – from its nomadic origins in the 1st and 2nd millennia BC to its new role as a tourist destination as modern-day Iran . . . Tellingly, the book’s useful chronology ends in 2001 with the destruction of the Twin Towers. Today, Iran’s power and influence is far from waning - Minerva MagazineAnyone looking for a concise overview of Iranian history from pre-Islamic times to the present could do worse than consult this elegantly written volume - Choice

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