Ancient Persia in Western History

Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire

von Sasan Samiei

334 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Ancient Persia in Western History is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic 'East' and the broadly enlightened 'West'. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

• Reihe: Bloomsbury 3PL
• ISBN: 9781350197763
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2021
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC