| Description |
xvii, 341 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Origins : Zoroaster, the Achaemenids, and the Greeks -- 2. The Iranian revival : Parthians and Sassanids -- 3. Islam and invasions : the Arabs, Turks and Mongols-- the Iranian reconquest of Islam, the Sufis, and the poets -- 4. Shiʻism and the Safavids -- 5. The fall of the Safavids, Nader Shah, the eighteenth-century interregnum, and the early years of the Qajar dynasty -- 6. The crisis of the Qajar monarchy, the revolution of 1905-1911, and the accession of the Pahlavi dynasty -- 7. The Pahlavis and the revolution of 1979 -- 8. Iran since the revolution : Islamic revival, war, and confrontation -- 9. From Khatami to Ahmadinejad, and the Iranian predicament -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Iran -- History.
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Iran -- History -- To 640.
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| ISBN |
9780465008889 |
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0465008887 |
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