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The culture and social institutions of ancient Iran

Muhammad A. Dandamaev and Vladimir G. Lukonin ; English edition by Philip L. Kohl with the assistance of D.J. Dadson

Cambridge University Press, 1989

Other Title

Культура и экономика древнего Ирана

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

After reviewing knowledge of Iron Age Iran, the authors look in detail at the highly developed social institutions of the Achaemenid Empire, most notably at state administration, agrarian relations, monetary systems, slavery and trade. A wide-ranging discussion of that culture covers such topics as the religion of the Ancient Iranians, ethnic and cultural contacts with the Achaemenid Empire, and superstitious and scientific practices in the ancient Near East during the sixth to the fourth centuries B.C.

Table of Contents

  • List of illustrations
  • List of maps
  • Foreword Philip L. Kohl
  • Author's preface
  • 1. The early history and culture of the Iranian peoples of West Asia
  • 2. The social institutions and the economic structure of the Achaemenid empire
  • 3. Achaemenid culture
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: the written sources
  • Abbreviations
  • Index of names
  • Index of sites
  • Index of subjects.

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  • NCID
    BA07307843
  • ISBN
    • 0521321077
  • LCCN
    87021841
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    rus
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 463 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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