By Gene R. Garthwaite
- A succinct narrative of Iranian heritage from the time of Cyrus the nice in 560BC to the current day.
- Traces occasions from the increase of the Persian empire, via festival with Rome and conquest by way of the Arabs, via to the re-establishment of a Persian nation within the 16th century, and eventually the Islamic Revoltuion on 1979 and the institution of the present Islamic Republic.
- Uses the newest scholarship to check Iran's political, social and cultural history.
- Focuses on rulership as a valuable subject in Iranian identity.
- Also indicates how land, language and literature relate to Iranian identity.
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