The Oxford handbook of Iranian history / edited by Touraj Daryaee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daryaee, Touraj, 1967-

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran--History.

Iran.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Handbook of Iranian history

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

1 The Iranian Plateau from Paleolithic Times to the Rise of the Achaemenid Empire / KamyarAbdi 13

2 The Elamites / Daniel T. Potts Potts, Daniel T. 37

3 Avestan Society / Prods Oktor Skj'rvø Skj'rvø, Prods Oktor 57

4 The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 bce) / A. Shapour Shahbazi Shahbazi, A. Shapour 120

5 Iran at the Time of Alexander the Great and the Seleucids / Evangelos Venetis Venetis, Evangelos 142

6 The Arsacid Empire / Edward Dqbrowa Dqbrowa, Edward 164

7 The Sasanian Empire (224-651 ce) / Touraj Daryaee Daryaee, Touraj 187

8 Iran in the Early Islamic Period / Michael G. Morony Morony, Michael G. 208

9 Medieval Iran / Neguin Yavari Yavari, Neguin 227

10 The Mongols in Iran / George E. Lane Lane, George E. 243

11 Timurids and Turcomans: Transition and Flowering in the Fifteenth Century / Ali Anooshahr Anooshahr, Ali 271

12 The Safavids in Iranian History (1501-1722) / Kathryn Babayan Babayan, Kathryn 285

13 The Afghan Interlude and the Zand and Afshar Dynasties (1722-95) / Kamran Scot Aghaie Aghaie, Kamran Scot 306

14 Qajar Iran (1795-1921) / Mansoureh Ettehadieh Nezam-Mafi Nezam-Mafi, Mansoureh Ettehadieh 319

15 The Pahlavi Era: Iranian Modernity in Global-Context / Afshin Matin-Asgari Matin-Asgari, Afshin 346

16 Iran after Revolution (1979-2009) / Maziar Behrooz Behrooz, Maziar 365.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780199732159

0199732159

OCLC:

670375356