num_pages: 430
description: For more than three millennia Iran, or Persia as it was formerly known, was a melting pot of civilizations. Under Cyrus the Great, Persia was the center of the world's first empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean to modern-day Pakistan. Subsequent
language: English
title: Iran: Persia: Ancient and Modern, Third Edition
titlecomplete: Iran: Persia: Ancient and Modern, Third Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)
genres: History, Iran
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Odyssey Books & Maps