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The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian periods / edited by Ehsan Yarshater.

Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge history of Iran ; v. 3Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.Description: 2 v. (lxxv, 1488 p., [73] leaves of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521246934 (v.3/2) :
  • 0521246938 (v.3/2) :
  • 052120092X (v.3/1)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS272 .C34 1983
Contents:
Contents of volume 3/2: Pt.1. INSTITUTIONS. 18. Iranian society and law {u2013} 19. Political, social and administrative institutions: taxes and trade {u2013} 20. Geographical and administrative divisions: settlements and economy {u2013} 21.a. Time-reckoning, b. Iranian festivals {u2013} Pt. 6. RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 22. Development of religious thought {u2013} 23. Zoroastrian religion {u2013} 24. Jews in Iran {u2013} 25. Christians in Iran {u2013} 26. Buddhism among Iranian people {u2013} 27.a. Manichaeism and its Iranian background, b. Mazdakism {u2013} Pt.7. ART HISTORY. 28. Parthian art {u2013} 29.a. Sasanian art, b. Sasanian silver {u2013} 30. The development of the arts in the Transoxiana {u2013} Pt.8. LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE. 31. Parthian writing and literature {u2013} 32.a. Zoroastrian Pahlavi writings, b. Manichaean middle Persian writings, c. Middle Persian inscriptions {u2013} 33. Sogdian language and literature {u2013} 34. Khotanese Saka literature {u2013} 35. Khwarazmian language and literature {u2013} 36. Bactrian literature {u2013} Pt. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 37. Sources of Parthian and Sasanian history.

Contents of volume 3/2: Pt.1. INSTITUTIONS. 18. Iranian society and law {u2013} 19. Political, social and administrative institutions: taxes and trade {u2013} 20. Geographical and administrative divisions: settlements and economy {u2013} 21.a. Time-reckoning, b. Iranian festivals {u2013} Pt. 6. RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 22. Development of religious thought {u2013} 23. Zoroastrian religion {u2013} 24. Jews in Iran {u2013} 25. Christians in Iran {u2013} 26. Buddhism among Iranian people {u2013} 27.a. Manichaeism and its Iranian background, b. Mazdakism {u2013} Pt.7. ART HISTORY. 28. Parthian art {u2013} 29.a. Sasanian art, b. Sasanian silver {u2013} 30. The development of the arts in the Transoxiana {u2013} Pt.8. LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE. 31. Parthian writing and literature {u2013} 32.a. Zoroastrian Pahlavi writings, b. Manichaean middle Persian writings, c. Middle Persian inscriptions {u2013} 33. Sogdian language and literature {u2013} 34. Khotanese Saka literature {u2013} 35. Khwarazmian language and literature {u2013} 36. Bactrian literature {u2013} Pt. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 37. Sources of Parthian and Sasanian history.

Library only carries part 2 of volume 3.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 1284-1396.

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