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• COVER PAGE
• THE PERSIANS
• PEOPLES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• LIST OF FIGURES
• LIST OF MAPS
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• MONTH NAMES IN THE ACHAEMENID CALENDAR
• MONTH NAMES IN PARTHIAN AND PAHLAVI
• 1: INTRODUCTION
• 2: THE ACHAEMENIDS
• HISTORICAL SURVEY
• KING AND COURT
• ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPIRE
• RELIGION
• ART AND ARCHITECTURE
• EXCURSUS I: THE CREATION OF ‘THE OTHER’: THE PERSIANS AND THE GREEK–PERSIAN WARS
• 3: THE PARTHIANS (ARSACIDS)
• PRELIMINARY REMARKS
• HISTORICAL SURVEY
• KING AND COURT
• ORGANISATION OF THE EMPIRE
• RELIGION
• ART AND ARCHITECTURE
• EXCURSUS II: THE PARTHIANS IN THE EYES OF THE ROMANS
• 4: THE SASANIANS
• HISTORICAL SURVEY
• KING AND COURT
• ORGANISATION OF THE EMPIRE
• RELIGION
• ART AND ARCHITECTURE
• APPENDICES
• THE ACHAEMENID DYNASTY
• THE ARSACID DYNASTY
• THE SASANIAN DYNASTY
• NOTES
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY