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.
| ISBN | 9781350197763 |
| Autor(a) | Samiei, Sasan |
| Editora | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Ano de edição | 2021 |
| Páginas | 336 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 21,60 X 14,00 |