Persia - Ancient & Modern (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Pittot, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440047634 ISBN 13 : 9781440047633

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore Persia’s rich tapestry of people, faiths, and daily life across ancient dynasties to modern reform movements.

This engaging historical survey illuminates how cultures, religions, and politics shaped a crossroads civilization. From Sufi traditions and the Bab movement to Jewish communities and evolving state structures, the book weaves together social history with political change to reveal Persia’s enduring influence on a wide region.

The volume blends narrative clarity with careful sourcing to help readers understand how trade, religion, education, and reform interacted over the centuries. It situates moments of conflict and cooperation within the broader story of Persia’s connections with neighbors and empires, offering a grounded view of daily life, belief, and governance.

• Portraits of religious communities, including Sufis, Babis, and Jews, and how they lived within Persian society.
• Discussion of reforms in administration, education, and law that shaped governance and daily life.
• Insights into trade, culture, and the exchange of ideas across borders and eras.
• A chronological thread linking ancient dynasties to later reform movements for a cohesive history.

Ideal for readers of world history and Middle Eastern studies who want a broad, accessible view of Persia’s past and its lasting echoes in the present.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It has been the design of the Author to give sufficient historical details from the best authorities, to enable the reader to gain a fair general view of ancient and modern Persian history, supplemented by chapters on the religion, literature, commerce, arts, sciences, army, education, language, sport, etc., of the country. In the chapter on travelling he has endeavoured carefully to describe the routes to the country, its climate, roads, modes of conveyance, and other details necessary to be known by the traveller, in order that those who intend to go there may be easily enabled to benefit by the experience of others. With regard to the orthography of names of persons and places, such diversity exists feven among experts that it A bout two hundred and fifty-four monarchs have reigned over Persia. Lord Brougham notices the frequent change of dynasty there, observing that in France there were only three dynasties from Charlemagne to Louis XVI., in England but six in the same period. In Persia during those ten centuries there were thirteen (P olitical Philosophy, I. 1846). It is interesting to remember that the area of ancient Persia at the time of its prosperity (from B.C. 506 to 479) was 2,000,000 of square miles, or more than half modernE urope. It was thus eight times as large as theB abylonian Empire at its greatest extent, and probably four times as large as the Assyrian (R awlinson sF ive Great Monarchies, III. 84). Modern Persia has an area of about 500,000 square miles, and is therefore two and a half times larger than France. fT ake, for example, the name of the presentS hah, thus variously spelt Nasir-ud-deen (B inning); Nasreddeen (M ounsey); Nasr-ulD in, Nausser. ood-deen, Nasser-ud-deen (T ownsend sM anual of Dates); Nasser-ed-deen
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440047634
• ISBN 13: 9781440047633
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
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