Iran
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The Persian Book of Kings: The Persian Book of Kings [Hardback]
Charles Melville (Author);Firuza Abdullaeva (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781851243464
Published by : Bodleian Library
Oxbow says: The Shahnama or The Book of Kings was one of the greatest epic poems ever written. Completed in AD 1010 by its author Firdausi, it tells the history of mankind from the creation of the world (with Iran at the centre) to the des... .... Learn More -
The Sasanian Era [Hardback]
Vesta S. Curtis (Author);Sarah Stewart (Author)
£39.50ISBN: 9781845116903
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
The Sasanians ruled Persia from 224-640 AD, achieving striking successes in wars against the Romans and Byzantines and presiding over a flourishing artistic culture. Here ten essays examine the nature and structures of the Empire and its ideolo... .... Learn More -
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire [Hardback]
Parvaneh Pourshariati (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781845116453
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
The events of the seventh century AD were some of the most momentous in the entire history of the Near East. The great war between the Sasanians and Byzantines was initially a phenomenal success for the Sasanian Empire, which saw Jerusalem capt... .... Learn More -
An Island of Stability: The Islamic Revolution of Iran and the Dutch Opinion [Paperback]
Mark Thiessen (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9789088900198
Published by : Sidestone Press
In 1979, the world was taken by surprise when the Iranian people revolted against their westernized ruling elite, and traded in the Shah for a radical Islamic republic ruled by the most senior Shiite cleric, ayatollah Khomeini. The Islamic rev... .... Learn More -
Inkulturation des Christentums im Sasanidenreich [Hardback]
Mustafa Arafa (Editor); J|rgen Tubach (Editor); Sophia Vashalomidze (Author); Jurgen Tubach (Author)
£61.00ISBN: 9783895005602
Published by : Reichert Verlag
This volume is the edition of various contributions to the subject of Inculturation of Christianity in other cultures. Under various aspects, they all discuss the phenomenon for the Persian Sassanid Empire. .... Learn More -
Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources of the Achaemenid Period [Hardback]
Amelie Kuhrt (Author)
£200.00ISBN: 9780415436281
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This monumental work collects a stunning array of sources, both historical and archaeological, for the Achaemenid period of Persian history (550-330 BC). This really is an impressive undertaking because the sources (all here translated by the ... .... Learn More -
Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources of the Achaemenid Period [Paperback]
Amelie Kuhrt (Author)
£41.99ISBN: 9780415552790
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This monumental work collects a stunning array of sources, both historical and archaeological, for the Achaemenid period of Persian history (550-330 BC). This really is an impressive undertaking because the sources (all here translated by the ... .... Learn More -
Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War [Paperback]
Kaveh Farrokh (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781846034732
Published by : Osprey
Shadows in the Desert offers a comprehensive history of Persia's wars with East and West which spanned over a millennium, and offers an insight into the exchange of ideas and culture that occurred during these clashes between East and West, not... .... Learn More -
Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection [Paperback]
R Gyselen (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9789042912687
Published by : Peeters Press
Most of the Sasanian seals published in this catalogue have been in the Saeedi family collection for several decades. This work covers 131 clay sealings. .... Learn More -
Nush-I Jan I. The Major Buildings of the Median Settlement [Hardback]
D. Stronach (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9789042918504
Published by : Peeters Press
This second published fascicule of the Final Report on the excavations at Tepe Nush-i Jan, in western Iran, provides a summary log of the five seasons of excavation conducted between 1967 and 1977 as well as a comprehensive description of the ... .... Learn More