Ancient Persia in Western History : Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire EPUB
by Sasan Samiei
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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.
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- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/07/2014
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- ISBN:9780857736062
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/07/2014
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- ISBN:9780857736062