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Book SynopsisThe third volume, published in two parts, is an account of every aspect of Iranian civilisation from the death of Alexander in 323 BC to the advent of Islam in the seventh century AD. It is the most comprehensive study yet published of this very important period of Iran's history.
Table of ContentsList of plates; List of line drawings; List of maps; Editorial note; Introduction Ehsan Yarshater; Part I. Political History: 1. The Seleucid period E. Bickerman; 2. The political history of Iran under the Arsacids A. D. H. Bivar; 3. Iranians in Asia Minor Leo Raditsa; 4. The political history of Iran under the Sasanians R. N. Frye; 5. The history of eastern Iran A. D. H. Bivar; 6. The political history of Transoxiana E. V. Zeimal; 7. Iranian settlement east of the Pamirs R. E. Emmerick; Part II. Numismatics: 8a. Parthian coins David Sellwood; 8b. Minor states in southern Iran David Sellwood; 9. Sasanian coins Robert Göbl; Part III. Iranian historical tradition: 10a. Iranian common beliefs and world-view Ehsan Yarshater; 10b. Iranian national history Ehsan Yarshater; Part IV. Iran and Her Neighbours: 11. Iran and Mesopotamia Wilhelm Eilers; 12. Iran, Armenia and Georgia David M. Lang; 13. Iran and China William Watson; 14. Cultural relations between Parthia and Rome Otto Kurz; 15. Byzantium and the Sasanians Nina Garsoïan; 16. Iran and the Arabs before Islam C. E. Bosworth; 17. Irano-Turkish relations in the late Sasanian period A. Von Gabain.
