Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire by Samiei, Sasan

Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350197763)

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Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire by Samiei, Sasan

Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire

$42.95
Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire by Samiei, Sasan

Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire

$42.95
Format: Paperback
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Ancient Persia in Western History is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic 'East' and the broadly enlightened 'West'. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Author: Sasan Samiei
ISBN-10: 1350197769
ISBN-13: 9781350197763
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2021
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
By Sasan Samiei
By Sasan Samiei
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Sasan Samiei completed his PhD in Iranian History at University College London, UK, and also holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, UK.

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