Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE)

King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE)

Daryaee, Touraj

Hardcover

Ancient History GeneralArchitecture HistoryIran History

ISBN10: 0999475525
ISBN13: 9780999475522
Publisher: Uci Jordan Center for Persian Studies
Published: Dec 20 2017
Pages: 224
Weight: 2.23
Height: 0.75 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

In a Middle Persian text known as Khusro and the Page, one of the most famous kings of the ancient Iranian world, Khusro I Anusheruwan, is called haft kiswar xawadāy the King of the Seven Climes. This title harkens back to at least the Achaemenid period when it was in fact used, and even further back to a Zoroastrian/Avestan world view. From the earliest Iranian hymns, those of the Gāthās of Zarathushtra, through the Younger Avesta and later Pahlavi writings, it is known that the ancient Iranians divided the world into seven climes or regions. Indeed, at some point there was even an aspiration that this world should be ruled by a single king. Consequently, the title of the King of the Seven Climes, used by Khusro I in the sixth century CE, suggests the most ambitious imperial vision that one would find in the literary tradition of the ancient Iranian world. Taking this as a point of departure, the present book aims to be a survey of the dynasties and rulers who thought of going beyond their own surroundings to forge larger polities within the Iranian realm.

Also in

Ancient History General

View All