Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis: 2 books
The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires
adaptation and expansion
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Although much of the primary information about the Parthian period comes from coins, there has been much new research undertaken over the past few decades into wider aspects of both the Parthian and Sassanian Empires including the Arsacid Parthians, and their material culture. Despite a change of...
by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
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...