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The book emphasizes the largescale continuities of iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized iran. Silk road christians and the translation of culture in tang china. Potts, 9780190668662, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world s oldest literate cultures. The oxford handbook of ancient iran provides uptodate, authoritative essays on a wide range of topics extending from the earliest paleolithic settlements in the pleistocene era to the arab conquest in the 7th century ad. The authors, all leaders in their fields, emphasize the largescale continuities of iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized irans past. The oxford handbook of cuneiform culture examines the ancient middle east through the lens of cuneiform writing. Pdf the oxford handbook of ancient iran oxford handbooks. Potts has done a remarkable job bringing together scholars from every country that has played an important role in the archaeology of iran. Research in the woods oxford owns and maintains 1,000 acres of ancient seminatural woodland. It includes chapters on the archaeology of virtually every part of the country, down to the achaemenid period, as well as a wealth of studies dealing with specific aspects of the achaemenid, arsacid. The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient mesopotamia, was witness to one of the worlds oldest literate cultures. The safavid dynasty ruled iran until 1722, when an afghan army invaded the country and captured isfahan.
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