Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of Iranian history / edited by Touraj Daryaee.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Daryaee, Touraj, 1967-

Description

xiii, 414 pages : maps; 26 cm.

Summary

This Handbook is a current, comprehensive single-volume history of Iranian civilization. The authors, all leaders in their fields, emphasize the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past. Each of the chapters focuses on a specific epoch of Iranian history and surveys the general political, social, cultural, and economic issues of that era. The ancient period begins with chapters considering the anthropological evidence of the prehistoric era, through to the early settled civilizations of the Iranian plateau, and continuing to the rise of the ancient Persian empires. The medieval section first considers the Arab-Muslim conquest of the seventh century, and then moves on to discuss the growing Turkish influence filtering in from Central Asia beginning in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The last third of the book covers Iran in the modern era by considering the rise of the Safavid state and its accompanying policy of centralization, the introduction of Shi'ism, the problems of reform and modernization in the Qajar and Pahlavi periods, and the revolution of 1978-79 and its aftermath. The book is a collaborative exercise among scholars specializing in a variety of sub-fields, and across a number of disciplines, including history, art history, classics, literature, politics, and linguistics. Here, readers can find a reliable and accessible narrative that can serve as an authoritative guide to the field of Iranian studies.--Publisher description.

Series Statement

[Oxford handbooks]

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Alternative Title

• Handbook of Iranian history
• Iranian history

Subjects

• Iran
• Iran > History
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Iranian Plateau from Paleolithic times to the rise of the Achaemenid Empire / Kamyar Abdi -- The Elamites / Daniel T. Potts -- Avestan society / Prods Oktor Skjærvø -- The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) / A. Shapour Shahbazi -- Iran at the time of Alexander the Great and the Seleucids / Evangelos Venetis -- The Arsacid Empire / Edward Dąbrowa -- The Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) / Touraj Daryaee -- Iran in the Early Islamic Period / Michael G. Morony -- Medieval Iran / Neguin Yavari -- The Mongols in Iran / George E. Lane -- Timurids and Turcomans: transition and flowering in the fifteenth century / Ali Anooshahr -- The Safavids in Iranian history (1501-1722) / Kathryn Babayan -- The Afghan interlude and the Zand and Afshar dynasties (1722-95) / Kamran Scot Aghaie -- Qajar Iran (1795-1921) / Mansoureh Ettehadieh Nezam-Mafi -- The Pahlavi Era: Iranian modernity in global context / Afshin Matin-Asgari -- Iran after revolution (1979-2009) / Maziar Behrooz -- Ruling dynasties of Iran.

Call Number

DS272

ISBN

• 9780199732159 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0199732159 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010043640

OCLC

670375356

Title

The Oxford handbook of Iranian history / edited by Touraj Daryaee.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

[Oxford handbooks]

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

Oxford Scholarship Online

Added Author

Daryaee, Touraj, 1967-

Other Form:

Electronic resource 9780199940882

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR DS272 .O94 2012