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245 0 0 _aKing of the Seven Climes :
_bA History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE) /
_cedited by Touraj Daryaee.
246 3 _aA History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE)
264 1 _aLeiden;
_aBoston :
_bBRILL,
_c2017.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aAncient Iran Series ;
_v04
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tPreliminary Material /
_r Touraj Daryaee --
_tIntroduction /
_r Touraj Daryaee --
_tMap /
_r Touraj Daryaee --
_tThe Kingdom of Elām /
_r Kamyar Abdi --
_tThe Median Confederacy /
_r Hilary Gopnik --
_tThe Achaemenid Empire /
_r Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones --
_tSeleucid Iran /
_r Omar Coloru --
_tThe Arsacid Empire /
_r Leonardo Gregoratti --
_tThe Sasanian Empire /
_rAuthors: Touraj Daryaee and Khodadad Rezakhani --
_tFrom the Kushans to the Western Turks /
_r Khodadad Rezakhani --
_tContributors /
_r Touraj Daryaee.
520 _aIn a Middle Persian text known as Khusro and the Page , one of the most famous kings of the ancient Iranian world, Khusro I Anusheruwan, is called haft kiswar xawadāy ("the King of the Seven Climes"). This title harkens back to at least the Achaemenid period when it was in fact used, and even further back to a Zoroastrian/Avestan world view. From the earliest Iranian hymns, those of the Gāthās of Zarathushtra, through the Younger Avesta and later Pahlavi writings, it is known that the ancient Iranians divided the world into seven climes or regions. Indeed, at some point there was even an aspiration that this world should be ruled by a single king. Consequently, the title of the King of the Seven Climes, used by Khusro I in the sixth century CE, suggests the most ambitious imperial vision that one would find in the literary tradition of the ancient Iranian world. Taking this as a point of departure, the present book aims to be a survey of the dynasties and rulers who thought of going beyond their own surroundings to forge larger polities within the Iranian realm. This volume was previously published by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies, University of California - Irvine.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aIslam.
700 1 _aDaryaee, Touraj,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tKing of the Seven Climes : A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE),
_dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2017
_z9780692864401
830 0 _aAncient Iran Series ;
_v04.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004460645
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