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The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern World Parthia New Persia (Volume III)

The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern World Parthia New Persia (Volume III)

Rawlinson, George

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Ancient History GeneralGeneral ChristianityGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9353800412
ISBN13: 9789353800413
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 802
Weight: 2.21
Height: 1.77 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Between Rome and Iran, two superpowers locked horns. Volume III of George Rawlinson's The Seven Great Monarchies turns to Parthia and New Persia, tracing the hard edges of power where deserts, cities, and faiths met. Empires rise; borders shift, bleed. Here is parthian empire history set beside the emergence of the Sassanids, a panorama of ancient near east empires written with Victorian clarity and a historian's restraint. Its account of sassanian persia history explains how a revived kingship challenged Rome, rebuilt Zoroastrian authority, and set patterns that endured beyond antiquity in law and war. Rawlinson writes as a classic interpreter of sources, balancing narrative drive with the apparatus of a scholarly historical monograph. You follow dynasties, diplomacy, and the long rome persia conflicts that shaped trade routes and frontier life, and you see how pre-islamic iran history remade institutions, religion, and art from Ctesiphon to the Caucasus. For students of ancient history, it sits naturally on the same shelf as cambridge ancient history, and it rewards the general reader who loves an ancient history classic with sharp argument and lucid scene-setting. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Offered as a library reference edition and a complete unabridged text, it is equally suited to study, citation, and the quiet pleasure of owning a work that stands in conversation with gibbon decline and fall.

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