TY - BOOK AU - Garthwaite,Gene R. TI - The Persians T2 - Peoples of Asia SN - 1557868603 (alk. paper) AV - DS272 .G27 2005 U1 - 955 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Iran KW - History KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-295) and index; Persia : place and idea -- The Achaemenians (c.550-331 BC) -- Alexander (330-323 BC), the Selucids (312-129 BC) and Parthians (247 BC-AD 224) -- The Sasanians (c. 224-651) -- Non-Iran : Arabs, Turks, and Mongols in Iran -- The Safavids (1501-1722) -- The Qajars (1796-1926) -- Iran, 1921-2003 : Pahlavi and Islamic Republican Iran; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Chronicles Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 558 B.C. to the present, tracing events that shaped the region's political, social, and cultural history ER -