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Ancient Persia in Western History Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire
by [Samiei, Sasan]
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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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- Bloomsbury Academic Brand
- May 20, 2021 Pub Date:
- 9781350197763 ISBN-13:
- 1350197769 ISBN-10:
- 334.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.5 in * 0.76 in * 5.51 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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