The Persians : ancient, mediaeval, and modern Iran /
In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Iran and Iranians
- Myths, legends and ancient history
- Greeks, Parthians and Persians
- Arabs, Islam and Persians
- Turks and Mongols
- Persian empire again
- Disintegration and reunification
- The dilemma of reform and modernization
- The revolution for law
- Modern arbitrary rule
- Occupation, oil nationalization and dictatorship
- The white revolution
- The revolution of February 1979
- The Islamic republic
- Iran after Khomeini
- Appendix: Iranian society.