| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 929 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
ELAM / I.M. Diakonoff -- ANSHAN IN THE ELAMITE AND ACHAEMENIAN PERIODS / J. Hansman -- MEDIA / I.M. Diakonoff -- THE SCYTHS / T. Sulimirski -- THE RISE OF THE ACHAEMENIDS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR EMPIRE / J.M. Cook -- PERSIA AND THE GREEKS / A.R. Burn -- CYRUS THE GREAT (558-529 b.c.) / Max Mallowan -- ALEXANDER IN IRAN / E. Badian -- THE PERSIAN OCCUPATION OF EGYPT / E. Bresciani -- THE BABYLONIAN EVIDENCE OF ACHAEMENIAN RULE IN MESOPOTAMIA / A.L. Oppenheim -- THE EVIDENCE OF THE PERSEPOLIS TABLETS / R.T. Hallock -- ACHAEMENID COINS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES / A.D.H. Bivar -- THE OLD EASTERN IRANIAN WORLD VIEW ACCORDING TO THE AVESTA / M. Schwartz -- THE RELIGION OF ACHAEMENIAN IRAN / M. Schwartz -- ARAMAIC IN THE ACHAEMENIAN EMPIRE / J.C. Greenfield -- OLD IRANIAN CALENDARS / Willy Hartner -- CLASSIC ACHAEMENIAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE / Edith Porada -- THE BEHISTUN RELIEF / Ann Farkas -- TEPE NŪSH-I JĀN: THE MEDIAN SETTLEMENT / David Stronach -- PASARGADAE / David Stronach -- METALWORK AND GLYPTIC / P.R.S. Moorey -- PLANT NAMES / H.W. Bailey -- THE ACHAEMENID DYNASTY |
| Summary |
'The Cambridge History of Iran' is an eight-volume survey of Iranian history and culture, and its contribution to the civilisation of the world. All aspects of the religious, philosophical, political, economic, scientific and artistic elements in Iranian civilisation are studied |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed 10 July, 2009) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Medes.
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Medes
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067895
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Iran -- History -- To 640.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067896
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gershevitch, Ilya
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| ISBN |
9781139054935 |
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1139054937 |
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9780511467738 |
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0511467737 |
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9781139054935 |
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