Shadows in the Desert
Subtitle: Ancient Persia at War (General Military)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: April 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781846031083
Subjects: Ancient Near East; History of specific subjects; Military - General; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Persian Empire; History / Military / General; Social History; Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C; Parthians; Sassanids
Description: "[The author] narrates the history of Persia from before the first empires, through their wars with East and West to the fall of the Sassanians. He also delves into the forgotten cultural heritage of the Persians, spread across the world through war and conquest, which, even after the fall of the Sassanians, continued to impact upon the Western world"--Publisher's description.