Ancient Persia in Western History - Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire
Author(s): Sasan Samiei
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.
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- : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
- : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
- : 0.535239
- : 01 July 2014
- : .75 Inches X 5.5 Inches X 8.5 Inches
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- : Sasan Samiei
- : Hardback
- : 935
- : 336