Author: G. Kreyenbroek
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004658742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Sraosa in the Zoroastrian Tradition
Author: G. Kreyenbroek
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004658742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004658742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Birth of the Persian Empire
Author: Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857710923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period beginning just before the formation of the Persian empire in the middle of the 6th century up to its collapse following conquest by Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BC. Eminent scholars here give a critical approach to some of the traditional interpretations and discuss topics which help the reader towards a better understanding of the formation of the Persian empire. This is the first volume in the "Idea of Iran" series which will be a four-volume collection encompassing the history of that country.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857710923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Of the great ancient civilizations, that of Persia is the least known and the most enigmatic. This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period beginning just before the formation of the Persian empire in the middle of the 6th century up to its collapse following conquest by Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BC. Eminent scholars here give a critical approach to some of the traditional interpretations and discuss topics which help the reader towards a better understanding of the formation of the Persian empire. This is the first volume in the "Idea of Iran" series which will be a four-volume collection encompassing the history of that country.
The Lost Archive
Author: Marina Rustow
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691189528
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909–1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells the story of this extraordinary find, inviting us to reconsider the longstanding but mistaken consensus that before 1500 the dynasties of the Islamic Middle East produced few documents, and preserved even fewer. Beginning with government documents before the Fatimids and paper’s westward spread across Asia, Rustow reveals a millennial tradition of state record keeping whose very continuities suggest the strength of Middle Eastern institutions, not their weakness. Tracing the complex routes by which Arabic documents made their way from Fatimid palace officials to Jewish scribes, the book provides a rare window onto a robust culture of documentation and archiving not only comparable to that of medieval Europe, but, in many cases, surpassing it. Above all, Rustow argues that the problem of archives in the medieval Middle East lies not with the region’s administrative culture, but with our failure to understand preindustrial documentary ecology. Illustrated with stunning examples from the Cairo Geniza, this compelling book advances our understanding of documents as physical artifacts, showing how the records of the Fatimid caliphate, once recovered, deciphered, and studied, can help change our thinking about the medieval Islamicate world and about premodern polities more broadly.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691189528
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909–1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells the story of this extraordinary find, inviting us to reconsider the longstanding but mistaken consensus that before 1500 the dynasties of the Islamic Middle East produced few documents, and preserved even fewer. Beginning with government documents before the Fatimids and paper’s westward spread across Asia, Rustow reveals a millennial tradition of state record keeping whose very continuities suggest the strength of Middle Eastern institutions, not their weakness. Tracing the complex routes by which Arabic documents made their way from Fatimid palace officials to Jewish scribes, the book provides a rare window onto a robust culture of documentation and archiving not only comparable to that of medieval Europe, but, in many cases, surpassing it. Above all, Rustow argues that the problem of archives in the medieval Middle East lies not with the region’s administrative culture, but with our failure to understand preindustrial documentary ecology. Illustrated with stunning examples from the Cairo Geniza, this compelling book advances our understanding of documents as physical artifacts, showing how the records of the Fatimid caliphate, once recovered, deciphered, and studied, can help change our thinking about the medieval Islamicate world and about premodern polities more broadly.
Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 14: Old Tibetan Studies
Author: Cristina Scherrer-Schaub
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004155171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
An enquiry into secular and religious Old Tibetan documents from Central Asia and Tibet. The material is critically examined from different perspectives, focussing on classical disciplines (history, linguistics, lexicography, philology, codicology and diplomacy).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004155171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
An enquiry into secular and religious Old Tibetan documents from Central Asia and Tibet. The material is critically examined from different perspectives, focussing on classical disciplines (history, linguistics, lexicography, philology, codicology and diplomacy).
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Principat. v
Author: Hildegard Temporini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Universal Empire
Author: Peter Fibiger Bang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107022673
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This book explores the aspiration to universal, imperial rule across Eurasian history from antiquity to the eighteenth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107022673
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This book explores the aspiration to universal, imperial rule across Eurasian history from antiquity to the eighteenth century.
The Literature of Pre-Islamic Iran
Author: Ronald E. Emmerick
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857723561
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves."A History of Persian Literature" answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience.The main object of this companion volume is to provide an overview of the most important extant literary sources in Old and Middle Iranian languages - the languages of the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian periods culminating in the rich resource of Pahlavi Persian which fed so directly into the language of the later great Persian poets. It will be an indispensable source for the literary traditions of pre-Islamic Iran and an invaluable guide to the subject.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857723561
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves."A History of Persian Literature" answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience.The main object of this companion volume is to provide an overview of the most important extant literary sources in Old and Middle Iranian languages - the languages of the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian periods culminating in the rich resource of Pahlavi Persian which fed so directly into the language of the later great Persian poets. It will be an indispensable source for the literary traditions of pre-Islamic Iran and an invaluable guide to the subject.
The History of Ancient Iran
Author: Richard Nelson Frye
Publisher: C.H.Beck
ISBN: 9783406093975
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher: C.H.Beck
ISBN: 9783406093975
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC
Author: Margaret C. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521607582
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
First comprehensive collection of evidence of the relations between Athens and Persia in fifth century BC.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521607582
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
First comprehensive collection of evidence of the relations between Athens and Persia in fifth century BC.
Friends of the Emir
Author: Luke B. Yarbrough
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108496601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Reveals how early Muslims devised and elaborated normative views concerning non-Muslim state officials at moments of intense competition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108496601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Reveals how early Muslims devised and elaborated normative views concerning non-Muslim state officials at moments of intense competition.