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A history of Iran : empire of the mind / Michael Axworthy.
| Contents | Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Origins : Zoroaster, the Achaemenids, and the Greeks -- The Iranian revival : Parthians and Sassanids -- Islam and invasions : the Arabs, Turks and Mongols : the Iranian reconquest of Islam, the Sufis, and the poets -- Shiʻism and the Safavids -- The fall of the Safavids, Nader Shah, the eighteenth-century interregnum, and the early years of the Qajar dynasty -- The crisis of the Qajar monarchy, the revolution of 1905-1911, and the accession of the Pahlavi dynasty -- The Pahlavis and the revolution of 1979 -- Iran since the revolution : Islamic revival, war, and confrontation -- From Khatami to Ahmadinejad, and the Iranian predicament. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007049157 |
| ISBN | 9780465008889 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0465008887 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS 272 .A94 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |