TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ball,Warwick
TI  - Towards one world: ancient Persia and the West 
T2  - Asia in Europe and the making of the West
SN  - 9781566568227
AV  - DS281 .B37 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Olive Branch Press
KW  - Achaemenid dynasty,
KW  - East and West
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - To 640
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Europe
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-216) and index; The legacy of Cyrus. The Iranian background -- Persians and Greeks. The beginnings of a complex relationship -- The Ionians beyond the sea. The Graeco-Persian wars -- The demon king. Alexander of Macedon's invasion -- An 'Iranistic' age. Neo-Persian kingdoms and a would-be empire -- Two super-powers. Recovery, expansion and the war that changed the world -- Light and darkness. Iranian religious ideas -- The shadow of Zoroaster. Iranian religion in Anatolia and Armenia -- The dualist challenge. Manichaeans, Paulicians, Bogomils, Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade -- An Iranian world. Conclusion
ER  -