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Book SynopsisThe Sasanian Empire was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan. This book explores key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire s armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries feature prominently.
Table of ContentsPreliminaries: List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Notes on the Contributors, Series Editor's Foreword; 1. Introduction - Eberhard W. Sauer; 2. Sasanian cities: archaeological perspectives on the urban economy and built environment of an empire St John Simpson; 3. Palaeoecoiogical insights into agri-horti-cultural and pastoral practices before, during and after the Sasanian Empire - Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, Morteza Djamali, Valerie Andrieu-Ponel, Philippe Ponel, Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu, Abdolmajid Naderi-Beni and Eberhard W. Saue; 4. Animal exploitation and subsistence on the borders of the Sasanian Empire: from the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia) - Marjan Mashkour, Roya Khazaeli, Homa Fathi, Sarieh Amiri, Delphine Decruyenaere, Azadeh Mohaseb, Hossein Davoudi, Shiva Sheikhi and Eberhard W. Sauer; 5. The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualizing the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier - Dan Lawrence and Tony J. Wilkinson; 6. Connectivity on a Sasanian frontier: Route systems in the Gorgan Plain of north-east Iran Kristen Hopper; 7. The Sasanian Empire and the East: A summary of the evidence and its implications for Rome Warwick Ball; 8. Minority Religions in the Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration, and Relations with Rome Lee E. Patterson; 9. A Contested Jurisdiction: Armenia in Late Antiquity Tim Greenwood; 10. Cultural contacts between Rome and Persia at the time of Ardashir I (AD 224-240) - Pierfrancesco Callieri; 11. Innovation and Stagnation: Military Infrastructure and the Shifting Balance of Power between Rome and Persia Eberhard W. Sauer, Jebrael Nokandeh, Konstantin Pitskhelauri and Hamid Omrani Rekavandi; 12. The Arabian Frontier: A Keystone of the Sasanian Empire Craig Morley; 13. The India Trade in Late Antiquity James Howard-Johnston.
