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ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity
Khodadad Rezakhani
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Hardback. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious Asian Huns and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-lslamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols and Timur. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious 'Asian Huns) and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the ... Read more
Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-lslamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols and Timur. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious 'Asian Huns) and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474400299
SKU
V9781474400299
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About Khodadad Rezakhani
Khodadad Rezakhani is Humboldt Stiftung Fellow at the Institut fur Iranistik, Freie Universitat Berlin.
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