The Legacy of Persia
Author: Arthur John Arberry
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon P
Published: 1953
Total Pages: 502
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Author: Arthur John Arberry
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon P
Published: 1953
Total Pages: 502
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2021-08-03
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 0231552815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe adventures of Samak, a trickster-warrior hero of Persia’s thousand-year-old oral storytelling tradition, are beloved in Iran. Samak is an ayyar, a warrior who comes from the common people and embodies the ideals of loyalty, selflessness, and honor—a figure that recalls samurai, ronin, and knights yet is distinctive to Persian legend. His exploits—set against an epic background of palace intrigue, battlefield heroics, and star-crossed romance between a noble prince and princess—are as deeply rooted in Persian culture as are the stories of Robin Hood and King Arthur in the West. However, this majestic tale has remained little known outside Iran. Translated from the original Persian by Freydoon Rassouli and adapted by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, this timeless masterwork can now be enjoyed by English-speaking readers. A thrilling and suspenseful saga, Samak the Ayyar also offers a vivid portrait of Persia a thousand years ago. Within an epic quest narrative teeming with action and supernatural forces, it sheds light on the lives of ordinary people and their social worlds. This is the first complete English-language version of a treasure of world culture. The translation is grounded in the twelfth-century Persian text while paying homage to the dynamic culture of storytelling from which it arose.
Author: Béatrice André-Salvini
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 0520247310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly-illustrated and important book that traces the rise and fall of one of the ancient world's largest and richest empires.
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2016-11-15
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1780236980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in paperback, this is a history of an incomparable culture whose influence can still be seen, millennia later, in modern-day Iran and the wider Middle East. During the first and second millennia BCE a swathe of nomadic peoples migrated outward from Central Asia into the Eurasian periphery. One group of these people would find themselves encamped in an unpromising, arid region just south of the Caspian Sea. From these modest and uncertain beginnings, they would go on to form one of the most powerful empires in history: the Persian Empire. In this book, Geoffrey and Brenda Parker tell the captivating story of this ancient civilization and its enduring legacy to the world. The authors examine the unique features of Persian life and trace their influence throughout the centuries. They examine the environmental difficulties the early Persians encountered and how, in overcoming them, they were able to develop a unique culture that would culminate in the massive, first empire, the Achaemenid Empire. Extending their influence into the maritime west, they fought the Greeks for mastery of the eastern Mediterranean—one of the most significant geopolitical contests of the ancient world. And the authors paint vivid portraits of Persian cities and their spectacular achievements: intricate and far-reaching roadways, an astonishing irrigation system that created desert paradises, and, above all, an extraordinary reflection of the diverse peoples that inhabited them.
Author: British and Iron Steel Research Association
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Published: 1953
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles River Editors
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-11-17
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781979829151
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The empires of ancient Persia: the history and legacy of hte Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids in antiquity looks at the three major empires, their importance, and their collapse. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the empires like never before."--Page [6].
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 422
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 746
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Touraj Daryaee
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2012-02-16
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 0199732159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook is a guide to Iran's complex history. The book emphasizes the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past.
Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-12-04
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1134220464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTowards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived and worked in the Persian court and, as a doctor, tended to the world’s most powerful kings and queens. His position gave him special insight into the workings of Persian court life and access to the gossip and scandal surrounding Persian history and court politics, past and present. His History of Persia was completed at a time when the Greeks were fascinated by Persia and seems very much to cater to contemporary interest in Persian wealth and opulence, powerful Persian women, the institution of the harem, kings and queens, eunuchs and secret plots. Presented here in English translation for the first time with commentaries, Ctesias offers a fascinating insight into Persia in the fifth century BC.