The Persians /
Garthwaite, Gene R.(Gene Ralph),1933-
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub.,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-295) and index.
Persia : place and idea -- The Achaemenians (c.550-331 BC) -- Alexander (330-323 BC), the Selucids (312-129 BC) and Parthians (247 BC-AD 224) -- The Sasanians (c. 224-651) -- "Non-Iran" : Arabs, Turks, and Mongols in Iran -- The Safavids (1501-1722) -- The Qajars (1796-1926) -- Iran : 1921-2003 : the Pahlavi and Islamic Republican Iran.