The Last Empire of Iran / / Michael Bonner.

As part of the Gorgias Handbook Series, this book provides a political and military history of the Sasanian Empire in Late Antiquity (220s to 651 CE). The book takes the form of a narrative, which situates Sasanian Iran as a continental power between Rome and the world of the steppe nomad.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Handbooks
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Physical Description:1 online resource (404 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. EURASIA FROM THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER TO THE FALL OF PARTHIA
  • II. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSE OF SASAN
  • III. FROM SHAPUR I TO SHAPUR II
  • IV. THE WORLD OF THE NOMAD
  • V. HUMILIATION AND HERESY
  • VI. THE IRANIAN RECOVERY
  • VII. TRIUMPH AND TRIBULATION
  • VIII. THE LAST WAR OF ANTIQUITY
  • IX. THE COLLAPSE OF THE HOUSE OF SASAN
  • X. OBSERVATIONS ON THE FALL OF THE IRANIAN EMPIRE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX