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" Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire : "
Parvaneh Pourshariati.
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BL
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1089857
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bc10921
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English
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| Main Entry
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Pourshariati, Parvaneh
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Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire : : the Sasanian-Parthian confederacy and the Arab conquest of Iran /\ Parvaneh Pourshariati.
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Paperback edition.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: I.B. Tauris,, 2017.
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1 online resource (xiv, 537 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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9781786729811
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: 1786729814
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9781784537470
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1784537470
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Originally published in 2008.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-498) and index.
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| Abstract
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"I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation It proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the all-conquering Arab armies of Islam? Offering an impressive appraisal of the Sasanians' nemesis at the hands of the Arab forces which scythed all before them, the author suggests a bold solution to the enigma. On the face of it, the collapse of the Sasanians - given their strength and imperial power in the earlier part of the century - looks startling and inexplicable. But Professor Pourshariati explains their fall in terms of an earlier corrosion and decline, and as a result of their own internal weaknesses. The decentralised dynastic system of the Sasanian empire, whose backbone was a Sasanian-Parthian alliance, contained the seeds of its own destruction. This confederacy soon became unstable, and its degeneration sealed the fate of a doomed dynasty."--Bloomsbury Publishing
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Sassanids.
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Parthians.
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Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
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HISTORY-- Civilization.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Parthians.
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Sassanids.
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Iran, Foreign relations, Rome.
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Rome, Foreign relations, Iran.
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Iran, Foreign relations, To 640.
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Iran, History, To 640.
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Iran.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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935.07
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DS286.P68 2017eb
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