Ancient Persia in Western history : Hellenism and the representation of the Achaemenid Empire / by Sasan Samiei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samiei, Sasan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Hellenism--Historiography.

Hellenism.

Iran--History--To 640--Historiography.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Ancient Persia in Western History is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic 'East' and the broadly enlightened 'West'. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Setting the Scene: Anthropology, Linguistics and Romantic Hellenism in Victorian Britain""; ""3. The Race-Culture Debate: 1900-1930's""; ""4. The Diffusionism vs. Evolutionism Theoretical Debate, Gordon Childe and the Prehistory of Europe""; ""5. Hellenisms Reassessed (1890-1940's): Part I""; ""6. Hellenisms Reassessed (1890-1940's): Part II""; ""7. Hellenisms and the Historiography of Ancient Persia""; ""8. Concluding Remarks""; ""Postscript""; ""Glossary""

""Notes""""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780755623969

0755623967

9781322639949

1322639949

9780857724144

0857724142

OCLC:

903957677