Persian Empire to Islamic Republic: 2500 Years of Power Continuity, Conquest, and Identity Across Iran's Long History
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Altersempfehlung
1 - 99 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
14.03.2026
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EpubliSeitenzahl
171 (Printausgabe)
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1783 KB
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2. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9783565322497
Few nations carry the weight of history as visibly as Iran. From Cyrus the Great's proclamation of the world's first human rights charter to the 1979 revolution that reshaped the modern Middle East, the lands of Persia have been a continuous theater of empire, faith, and reinvention. Yet the through-lines connecting ancient Achaemenid ambition to contemporary theocratic governance remain underexplored in mainstream historical literature.
This book traces Iran's 2,500-year arc not as a sequence of disconnected dynasties, but as an evolving negotiation between centralized power, religious authority, and national identity. It examines how Persian imperial culture survived Greek conquest, Arab invasion, and Mongol devastation-each time absorbing outside forces while reasserting a distinct civilizational core. It follows the Safavid transformation of Shia Islam into a state ideology, the Qajar empire's collision with European colonialism, and the Pahlavi monarchy's turbulent modernization project.
Drawing on archaeological evidence, classical sources, and modern historiography, this is an accessible yet rigorous account of how one civilization's long memory continues to shape its present politics, culture, and place in the world.
This book traces Iran's 2,500-year arc not as a sequence of disconnected dynasties, but as an evolving negotiation between centralized power, religious authority, and national identity. It examines how Persian imperial culture survived Greek conquest, Arab invasion, and Mongol devastation-each time absorbing outside forces while reasserting a distinct civilizational core. It follows the Safavid transformation of Shia Islam into a state ideology, the Qajar empire's collision with European colonialism, and the Pahlavi monarchy's turbulent modernization project.
Drawing on archaeological evidence, classical sources, and modern historiography, this is an accessible yet rigorous account of how one civilization's long memory continues to shape its present politics, culture, and place in the world.
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