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The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran

Muhammad A Dandamaev author Vladimir G Lukonin author D J Dadson author Philip L Kohl translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Nov '04

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The authors look in detail at the highly developed social institutions of the Achaemenid Empire.

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.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.

ISBN: 9780521611916

Dimensions: 247mm x 190mm x 32mm

Weight: 857g

480 pages