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Shadows in the desert : ancient Persia at war

Title
Shadows in the desert : ancient Persia at war / Kaveh Farrokh.
Author
Farrokh, Kaveh.
Publication
Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Osprey ; Westminster, MD : Osprey Direct c/o Random House Distribution Center, 2007.

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Description
320 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 25 cm
Summary
"[The author] narrates the history of Persia from before the first empires, through their wars with East and West to the fall of the Sassanians. He also delves into the forgotten cultural heritage of the Persians, spread across the world through war and conquest, which, even after the fall of the Sassanians, continued to impact upon the Western world"--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C
  • Achämeniden ca. v700 - v330
  • Sassaniden
  • To 640
  • Geschichte 559 v. Chr.-640
  • Parthians
  • Sassanids
  • Military history, Ancient
  • 15.51 Antiquity
  • Krieg
  • Militär
  • Parther
  • Achaemeniden
  • Sasanians
  • Wars
  • Military technology
  • Iran > History, Military
  • Iran > History > To 640
  • Iran
  • Iran Altertum
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Military history.
  • History (form)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-311) and index.
Contents
Before the Achaemenids -- Cyrus the Great and the early Achaemenids -- Darius the Great -- Xerxes and limits of empire -- The Achaemenid Empire from Artaxerxes I to the rise of Macedon -- Darius III and the fall of the empire -- The Seleucids and the rise of the Parthians -- Parthia challenges Rome -- Parthia from Mark Antony to the Alan invasions -- Emperor Trajan's bid to destroy Parthia -- The decline and fall of Parthia -- The rise of the Sassanian Dynasty -- Shapur II: a new revival of Sassanian Persia -- The tumultuous fifth century -- The Kavad era -- Khosrow I, renaissance and revival -- The final glory and the decline of the empire -- Downfall of the Sassanians and the Islamic conquests -- The legacy of Persia after the Islamic conquests.
ISBN
  • 9781846031083
  • 1846031087
  • 9781846034732
  • 1846034736
LCCN
2007407279
OCLC
  • ocm76936414
  • 76936414
  • SCSB-9724051
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library