History of Iran empire of the mind
Axworthy, Michael
History of Iran empire of the mind - New York Basic Books 2008 - xvii,341p. maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index.
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.
9780465008889
2007049157
Iran--History.
Iran--History--To 640.
DS272 / .A94 2008
955 / AX-H
History of Iran empire of the mind - New York Basic Books 2008 - xvii,341p. maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index.
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.
9780465008889
2007049157
Iran--History.
Iran--History--To 640.
DS272 / .A94 2008
955 / AX-H