Iran's heritage is as varied as it is complex, and the
archaeological, philological, and linguisitc scholarship of the
region has not been the focus of a a synoptic study for many
decades. Thus, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran fills a
longstanding gap in the literature of the ancient Near East,
providing up-to-date, authoritative essays by leading specialists
based both inside and outside of Iran on a wide range of topics
extending from the earliest Paleolithic settlements in the
Pleistocene era to the Islamic conquest in the 7th century AD. The
volume is divided into sections covering prehstory, the
Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Achaemenid period,
the Seleucid and Arsacid periods, and the Sasanian period,
concluding with the Arab conquest of Iran. In addition, more
specialized chapters are included that treat numismatics (Elymaean,
Arsacid, Persid and Sasanian), religion (the Avesta and
Zoroastrianism), languages (proto-Elamite, Elamite, Akkadian, Old
Persian, Greek, Aramaic, Parthian and Middle Persian), political
ideology, calendrics, textiles, administrative seals and sealing,
Sasanian silver and reliefs, and political relations with Rome and
Byzantium. No other single volume covers as much of Iran's
archaeology and history with the same degree of authority. This
work will be of vast interest to a wide range of students and
scholars, from archaeologists and art historians to philologists,
Classicists, ancient historians, religious historians, and
numismatists.
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