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  | | The Rise of Islam by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart, British Museum Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2009 by I. B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-691-0, ISBN: 1-84511-691-7 "This final volume in the successful series ""The Idea of Iran"" addresses the astonishing impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century. As the Sasanian dynasty crumbled before the invaders' triumphant onslaught, its state religion of Zoroastrianism was unceremoniously dismantled to make way for the new faith of the victorious desert warriors. Yet why, if Iran jettisoned its indigen ..." |
 | | The Sasanian Era(Updated) (The Idea of Iran) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2008 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-690-3, ISBN: 1-84511-690-9 "This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series concentrates on the Sasanian period. Seizing power from the previous dynasty - the Parthians - the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine ..." |
 | | The Age of the Parthians (The Idea of Iran) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart, British Museum Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-406-0, ISBN: 1-84511-406-X "The Parthians were nomadic horse-warriors who left few written records, concentrating rather on a rich oral and storytelling tradition. What knowledge we have of this remarkable people derives primarily from their coinage, which mixed Hellenism with Persian influences. In this book, distinguished scholars examine - from a variety of perspectives--the origins of the Parthians, their history, religion and culture, as well as perceptions o ..." |
 | | The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires Adaptation and Expansion (British Institute of Persian Studies, Archaeological Monograph Series) by Elizabeth Pendleton, Michael Alram, Touraj Daryaee, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2017 by Oxbow Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78570-962-3, ISBN: 1-78570-962-3 "Although much of the primary information about the Parthian period comes from coins, there has been much new research undertaken over the past few decades into wider aspects of both the Parthian and Sassanian Empires including the Arsacid Parthians, and their material culture. Despite a change of ruling dynasty, the two empires were closely connected and cannot be regarded as totally separate entities. The continuation of Parthian influ ..." |
 | | 1(1st Edition) Birth of the Persian Empire: The Idea of Iran, Volume I by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart, Contributor-Pierre Briant, Contributor-Frantz Grenet, Contributor-Daniel Potts, Contributor-Shapur Shabazi, Contributor-John Curtis, Albert De Jong, British Museum Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-062-8, ISBN: 1-84511-062-5 "This book explores the formation of the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Persians. It brings together a multi-disciplinary view of ancient Iran in the first millennium BC and concentrates on the art, archaeology, history and religion of a vast geographical area far beyond the present borders of modern Iran in the period beginning just before the formation of the Persian empire in the middle of the 6th century up to its collapse ..." |
 | | Persian Love Poetry(1st Edition) (Paperback) by Sheila R. Canby, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh Curis Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2013 by British Museum Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-2475-9, ISBN: 0-7141-2475-3 "A reissue of this popular title with a fresh new paperback format, this collection of beautiful Persian love poetry is richly illustrated with images from the British Museum’ s world - famous collection. Love is everywhere in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways : as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God; as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and child ..." |
 | | Persian Myths(1st Edition) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1993 by British Museum Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-2082-9, ISBN: 0-7141-2082-0 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: October 1993 Pages: 80 in Publisher: itish Museum Press of The traditional tales and stories of withancient Iran describe confrontations between good and evil. The victories of the gods and the exploits of heroes and fabulous withsupernatural of creatures such as the magical bird Simurgh and the div or demons. Much information about Iran's pre-Islamic past comes from the holy book of the Zoroastrian ..." |
 | | Persian Myths(1st Edition) (Legendary Past Series) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71158-7, ISBN: 0-292-71158-1 "The traditional tales and stories of ancient Iran, which occupied a vast area of Central Asia, describe confrontations between good and evil, the victories of the gods, and the exploits of heroes and fabulous supernatural creatures such as the magical bird Simergh and the dev or black demons. Much of our information about Iran's pre-Islamic past comes from the holy book of the Zoroastrian religion, the Avesta, which was not written down ..." |
 | | Persian Love Poetry by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sheila R. Canby Hardcover, 95 Pages, Published 2005 by Interlink Pub Group Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-628-5, ISBN: 1-56656-628-2 "Love is a major theme in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways - as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God, or as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends, or even as patriotic love for Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations ..." |
 | | From Persepolis to the Punjab(Reprint) Exploring the Past in in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Elizabeth Errington, Joe Cribb, Jean-Marie Lafont, St. John Simpson Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2011 by British Museum Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-1177-3, ISBN: 0-7141-1177-5 "The phrase 'from Persepolis to the Punjab' refers to the vast Iranian empires of the Achaemenids (550-331 BC), Parthians (238 BC-AD 224) and the Sasanians (AD 224-651), which extended eastwards through Afghanistan to the north-western borderlands of the Indian subcontinent. The interest of 19th-century European powers in this region has been called 'the Great Game' and its effects are explored in this book, which is based on contributio ..." |
 | | Persian Love Poetry (English and Persian Edition) by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, R. Canby Sheila Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2013 by Interlink Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-955-2, ISBN: 1-56656-955-9 "Love is a major theme in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways-as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God, or as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends, or even as patriotic love of Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations wit ..." |
 | | From Persepolis to the Punjab Exploring the Past in in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan by Elizabeth Errington, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Joe Cribb Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2007 by British Museum Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-1165-0, ISBN: 0-7141-1165-1 "The phrase 'from Persepolis to the Punjab' refers to the vast Iranian empires of the Achaemenids (550-331 BC), Parthians (238 BC-AD 224) and the Sasanians (AD 224-651), which extended eastwards through Afghanistan to the north-western borderlands of the Indian subcontinent. The interest of 19th-century European powers in this region has been called 'the Great Game' and its effects are explored in this book, which is based on contributio ..." |
 | | The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia(1st Edition) New Light on the Parthian and Sasanian Empires by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Robert Hillenbrand, Michael Rogers, J. M. Rogers Hardcover, 191 Pages, Published 1998 by Tauris Academic Studies ISBN-13: 978-1-86064-045-2, ISBN: 1-86064-045-1 "The art of the Parthian and Sasanian empires exercised enormous influence on art and culture in the early Islamic period and its legacy has continuing relevance in modern times. Pre-Islamic stylistic developments and motifs were widely adopted in the Islamic period: traditional mosque architecture, for example, draws much from Parthian and Sasanian forms. This text brings together an international panel to assess the state of knowledge ..." |
 | | The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires adaptation and expansion by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Michael Alram, Touraj Daryaee, Elizabeth Pendleton 160 Pages, Published 2016 by Casemate Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-78570-208-2, ISBN: 1-78570-208-4 "Objets et documents inscrits en pārsīg, Res Orientales XXI, BuressurYvette: p. 9– 20. Bivar, A.D.H. (1969). “A Parthian amulet”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies XXX, 3, 1967: p. 512525. Frye, R.N. (ed.) (1973). Sasanian remains from Qasri Abu Nasr: Seals, sealings and coins, Cambridge, MA. Gignoux, Ph. (1975). “Coupes inscrites de la collection Mohsen Foroughi”, Monumentum H.S. Nyberg, I (Acta Iranica 4), Tehr ..." |
 | | The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires adaptation and expansion by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Michael Alram, Touraj Daryaee, Elizabeth Pendleton 160 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxbow Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78570-210-5, ISBN: 1-78570-210-6 "1, Acta Iranica 4, Leiden, Tehran, Liège: p. 457–470. ——— (1989). “Avestique”, in R. Schmitt (ed.), Compendium ... (1997b). “nāirikā- e jahikā- nell'aldilà zoroastriano”, in R. Arena, M.P. Bologna, M.L. Mayer Modena, A. Passi (eds), Bandhu. Scritti in onore di Carlo Della Casa, Vol. II, Alessandria: p. 831–843. ... Edizione critica del testo avestico e pahlavi, traduzione e commento, Serie Orientale Roma 88, Rome. Sims-Williams, N. ..." |
 | | Age of the Parthians, The (The Idea of Iran) by Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2021 by I.B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-350-19777-0, ISBN: 1-350-19777-7 |
 | | The Sasanian Era by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart 192 Pages, Published 2010 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85773-309-2, ISBN: 0-85773-309-5 "In an article published in 1959, Robert Göbl tried to show that all the coins that were attributed by Paruck and others to Bahram III (Fig. 26) actually belong to Narseh, as Herzfled and Vasmer had already stated before him.37 This hypothesis was based mainly on a careful study of the coin legends and on Göbl's assumption that, according to the Sasanian convention of individual crowns, each ruler was forced to adopt a new crown if ..." |
 | | Birth of the Persian Empire by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart 160 Pages, Published 2010 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85773-307-8, ISBN: 0-85773-307-9 "genealogy of the Cyrus Cylinder differs from that given by Herodotus for Xerxes and the family of Darius or by Darius himself in the Behistun inscription. Since Rawlinson's original publication of the Cyrus Cylinder in 1880, a host of scholars have tried to harmonise these genealogies, mainly by conflating them. About six years ago, Cyrus' family tree was the subject of an exhaustive study by R. Rollinger who showed – convincingly, ..." |
 | | The Age of the Parthians by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart 176 Pages, Published 2010 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85773-308-5, ISBN: 0-85773-308-7 "How deeply the concept of the Oriental as friend was imprinted on the cultural identity of imperial Rome is particularly manifest in the widespread popularity of Oriental gods such as Attis and Mithras.119 Two images highlight the significance of visual narratives in the process of shaping and reshaping Rome's Oriental identity throughout the principate. The first is a handsome, desirable Oriental on a fresco in a cubiculum of the ..." |
 | | The Rise of Islam by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Stewart 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-85772-406-9, ISBN: 0-85772-406-1 "This final volume in the successful series "The Idea of Iran" addresses the astonishing impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century." |
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