Title: The Persians /
Authors: Garthwaite, Gene R. 1933-
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Iran History.
Abstract: "The Persians is a succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 558 BC to the present day. The book traces events from the rise of the Persian empire, through competition with Rome and conquest by the Arabs, through to the re-establishment of a Persian state in the sixteenth century, and finally the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the establishment of the current Islamic Republic."--Jacket.
Contents: 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.