TY - BOOK AU - TI - The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian periods T2 - Cambridge history of Iran SN - 9780521246934 (v.3/2) : AV - DS272 .C34 1983 PY - 1983/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Islam KW - Iran KW - Antiquities KW - History KW - 640-1500 KW - To 640 N1 - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 1284-1396; 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 ER -