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_bC4611
100 _aChrishman, R.
245 _aIran
_c/R.Chrishman
260 _aNew York:
_bPenguin Books,
_c1954
300 _a368 p.
505 _aContents List of plates List of text figures Editorial foreword Introduction. The physical aspect of Iran 1. Prehistory Cave man The first settlers on the plain The prehistoric civilization of iran in the fourth millennium b.c. Iran at the beginning of the third millennium b.c. Iran in the third millennium b.c. Iran in the second millennium b.c. Elam The kassites 2. The coming of the iranians The immigration of the medes and persians The formation of median unity Cimmerians and scythians The median kingdom The luristan bronzes Cyaxares The treasure of sakiz The median kingdom Elam and the persians - the rise of the achaemen- Ians 3. East against west The achaemenian empire Cyrus (559-530) The fall of babylon Pasargadae Cambyses (530-522)
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650 _aIran
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