Bibliograph

A history of Iran, empire of the mind, Michael Axworthy

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A history of Iran, empire of the mind, Michael Axworthy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of Iran

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

182779666

Responsibility statement

Michael Axworthy

Sub title

empire of the mind

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 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

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