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Axworthy, Michael.
Iran -- History.
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A
history
of
Iran
:
empire
of the
mind
/ Michael Axworthy.
by
Axworthy, Michael.
Basic Books, 2010, c2008.
Call #:
955 A972h
Subjects
Iran
--
History
.
ISBN:
9780465019205
046501920X
Edition:
Pbk. ed.
Description:
xvii, 349 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-331) and index.
Contents:
Origins : Zoroaster, the Achaemenids, and the Greeks -- The Iranian revival : Parthians and Sassanids -- Islam and invasions : the Arabs, Turks and Mongols--the Iranian reconquest of Islam, the Sufis, and the poets -- Shiʻism and the Safavids -- The fall of the Safavids, Nader Shah, the eighteenth-century interregnum, and the early years of the Qajar dynasty -- The crisis of the Qajar monarchy, the revolution of 1905-1911, and the accession of the Pahlavi dynasty -- The Pahlavis and the revolution of 1979 --
Iran
since the revolution : Islamic revival, war, and confrontation -- From Khatami to Ahmadinejad, and the Iranian predicament.
Summary:
Explores the influence of
Iran
's
history
, both religious and political, on the Iranian national identity and discusses the role of literary, religious, intellectual, and cultural movements of the past on Iranian civilization today.
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