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BL
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650971
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Jamzadeh, Parivash
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| Title & Author
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Alexander histories and Iranian reflections : : remnants of propaganda and resistance /\ by Parivash Jamzadeh
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| Publication Statement
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Leiden ;Boston :: Brill,, 2012
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| Series Statement
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Studies in Persian cultural history ;; v. 3
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193 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9789004217461 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 9004217460 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 9789004217522 (e-book)
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: 9004217525 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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The Plight of the Achaemenid Royal Women-- Darius' Letters to Alexander and the Responses: Ideology of Conquest in Retrospect -- The Campaign for Persia in Iranian & Zoroastrian Lights -- Darius' Last Days & Counter-Propagandas -- Bessus' Fate -- Alexander's Persian Attire -- Reflections from Darius I's Rhetoric -- Zoroastrian Echoes in Alexander Histories -- Iranian Echoes in Mutiny's Accounts -- Alexander's Final Days and Iranian Reflections -- Alexander's Entombment and Iranian Echoes -- The Plight of Alexander's Family -- Reverence for the Fravashī of Alexander -- Testimony of Zoroastrian Sources -- Concluding Remarks
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"Alexander the Great's military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. This campaign proved so successful that the overt display of Alexander's Iranian and Zoroastrian preferences alienated some of his Greek and Macedonian allies. Parivash Jamzadeh shows how this original propaganda material displayed multiple layers of Iranian influences. Additionally she demonstrates that the studied sources do not always offer an accurate account of the contemporary Iranian customs, and occasionally included historical inaccuracies. One of the most interesting finds in this study is the confusion of historical sources that arose between the opponents Darius III and Alexander. Jamzadeh argues that the Iranian propaganda regarding Alexander the Great has contributed to this confusion."--Publisher's website
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Alexander,356 B.C.-323 B.C.-- Travel-- Iran
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Darius, I,548 B.C.-485 B.C
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Iran, History, Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C., Propaganda
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Iran, History, Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C., Religious aspects
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Iran, History, Macedonian Conquest, 334-325 B.C., Historiography
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Greece, History, Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., Campaigns, Iran
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| Dewey Classification
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935/.7062
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DF234.37.J36 2012
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