History of Persia / Edition 1

by Sir Percy Sykes

Overview

This is a facsimile of a classic history first published by Macmillan in 1915 and issued in two further editions by Routledge and Kegan Paul. Sir Percy Sykes was an explorer, consul, soldier and a spy who lived and travelled in Persia over a period of twenty-five years. This two-volume collection provides a comprehensive history of Persia from Alexander the Great, through British, French and Russian colonialism, to the early twentieth century oil industry.
With a new introduction by Sykes' biographer, Antony Wynn, this comprehensive history provides essential background reading to students and academics of Persia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415326780
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/2003
Series:	Routledge Library Editions
Pages:	1320
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1 Configuration and Climate, 2 Deserts, Rivers, Flora, Faura and Minerals 3 The Geography of Elam and Babylonia, 4 Elam and Susa the capital, 5 Elam, Sumer and Akkad at the Dawn of History, 6 Elam and Babylon, 7 The Assyrian Empire and the Downfall of Elam, 8The Aryans of Persai- Their Origin and Traditions, 9 The Religion of the Medes and Persians, 10 The Rise or Media and the Fall of Assyria, 11 Media, Babylonia and Lydia, 12 The Heroci Age of Persia, 13 The Rise of Persia, 14 The Persian Empire at its Zenith, 15 The Ancient persians- their Customs, Language and Architecture, 16 Persia and Hellas during the Reign of Darius, 17 The Repluse of persia by Hellas, 18 The Persian Empire afetr the Repluse from Hellas, 19 The Decline of the Persian Empire, 20 The Rise of Macedonia under Philip and Alexander, 21 The Battles of the Granicus and of Issue, 22 The career of Alexander the Great to the Death of Darius Codomannus, 23 The Limit of Conquest, 24 The Death of Alexander the Great- his Achievements and Character, 25 The Wars of the Successors, 26 The Seleucid Empire tothe Ris of Parthia, 27 The Rise of Parthia and the Appearence of ome in Asia, 28 The expansion of Parthia and the Downfall of the House of Seleucus/ part contents.