Birth of the Persian Empire
Subtitle: The Idea of Iran, Volume I (Idea of Iran)
Contributors: Pierre Briant (Contributor); John Curtis (Contributor); Albert de Jong (Contributor); Frantz Grenet (Contributor); Daniel Potts (Contributor); Shapur Shabazi (Contributor); Vesta Sarkhoush Curtis (Editor); Sarah Stewart (Editor)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: November 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781845110628
Subjects: Ancient Near East; To 640; History - General History; Middle East - General; Social Science; History; Sociology; Persian Empire; Archaeology; Social Science / Archaeology; Iran; Civilization
First sentence: The fact that a lecture series on the "Idea of Iran" commences with the Elamite contribution to Iranian identity is, to say the least, anomalous.