The Cambridge History of Iran

Volume 3 covers the period from the death of Alexander to the advent of Islam.

E. Yarshater (Edited by)

9780521200929, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 April 1983

700 pages
23.7 x 15.9 x 4.6 cm, 1.198 kg

The third volume, published in two parts, is an account of every aspect of Iranian civilisation from the death of Alexander in 323 BC to the advent of Islam in the seventh century AD. This complex period, of major importance in Iranian history and extending for almost a thousand years, encompasses the reigns of the Seleucid, the Parthian, the Kushan and Sasanian dynasties. As additions to the general objectives of these volumes, Professor Yarshater has included in this volume chapters on the institutional, administrative, legal, numismatic, linguistic and literary aspects of the period; and he further develops the scope of the volume by including studies of Iran's interaction with neighbouring societies, of Iran's mythical and legendary history, and of Iranian settlements outside the geographical boundaries of Iran and Afghanistan. This volume is the most comprehensive study published of this very important period of Iran's history.

List of plates
List of line drawings
List of maps
Editorial note
Introduction Ehsan Yarshater
Part I. Political History: 1. The Seleucid period E. Bickerman
2. The political history of Iran under the Arsacids A. D. H. Bivar
3. Iranians in Asia Minor Leo Raditsa
4. The political history of Iran under the Sasanians R. N. Frye
5. The history of eastern Iran A. D. H. Bivar
6. The political history of Transoxiana E. V. Zeimal
7. Iranian settlement east of the Pamirs R. E. Emmerick
Part II. Numismatics: 8a. Parthian coins David Sellwood
8b. Minor states in southern Iran David Sellwood
9. Sasanian coins Robert Göbl
Part III. Iranian historical tradition: 10a. Iranian common beliefs and world-view Ehsan Yarshater
10b. Iranian national history Ehsan Yarshater
Part IV. Iran and Her Neighbours: 11. Iran and Mesopotamia Wilhelm Eilers
12. Iran, Armenia and Georgia David M. Lang
13. Iran and China William Watson
14. Cultural relations between Parthia and Rome Otto Kurz
15. Byzantium and the Sasanians Nina Garsoïan
16. Iran and the Arabs before Islam C. E. Bosworth
17. Irano-Turkish relations in the late Sasanian period A. Von Gabain.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]