Iran : Persia : ancient and modern /
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| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Odyssey,
[2017]
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| Series: | Odyssey guides
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Table of Contents:
- Facts for the traveler: Climate
- Tour operators
- Visas
- Getting there
- Customs
- Getting around
- Maps, books and newspapers
- Clothing
- Photography
- Health
- Accommodation
- Money
- Shopping
- Telecommunications
- Time zone
- Opening times
- Mosques, Museums and historical sites
- Calendar
- Festivals and holidays
- Geography: The plateau and the mountains
- The water problem
- Flora and fauna
- Agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing
- Industry
- Population
- Ethnic groups in Irân
- History: Prehistoric Irân
- The State of Elam: 3000-645 BC
- The coming of the Aryans
- The Achaemenian Empire: 550-330 BC
- Alexander the Great & the Seleucids
- The Parthians: 250 BC-AD 224
- The Sasanians: AD 224-650
- The Islamic Caliphate and the independent dynasties
- The Saljuq Turks
- The Mongol invasion & the Il-Khânid Dynasty
- The Turkoman Dynasties, Tamerlane & the rise of the Safavids
- The fall of the Safavids: Afshâr, Zand & Qâjâr Dynasties
- The Pahlavi Dynasty
- The Islamic Revolution & the Irân-Iraq War
- Irân today
- Chronology
- Islamic art and architecture
- Islamic architecture in Irân: Mosques, mausoleums, the Madraseh, the Dome
- Decoration: Brick and stucco, tilework
- Handicrafts: Persian carpets, textile printing, Woodworking and inlay, metalwork
- Religion: Pre-Islamic religions
- Zoroastrianism
- Zervanism
- Manicheism
- Mazdakism
- Shiʼism
- Moharram and Ashura
- Literary excerpts: Mantiq at-tayr on The Conference of the Birds
- Gohar Kordi on Being Born as a Woman
- Robert Ker Porter on The Magnificence of Futteh Ali Shah
- Azar Nafisi on Reading Lolita in Tehran
- Vita Sackville-West on Arriving in Tehrân
- Jalâl od-din Rumi
- William Dalrymple on His Search for Silk
- Robert Byron on The Mosque of Sheikh Lotfollah
- Hâfex on The Rose Garden of Persia
- Maps: Irân
- Natural features
- Achaemenian Persia
- Alexander the Great
- Parthian Empire
- Sasanian Empire
- Irân ethnolinguistic groups
- Tehrân
- North-east Irân
- Mashhad
- North-west Irân
- Tabriz
- Hamadân
- South-west Irân
- Esfahân
- Central Shirâz
- South-east Irân
- Plans: Hypostyle mosque
- Four-eivân mosque
- Friday Mosque, Esfahân
- Royal Mosque, Esfahân
- Persepolis
- Special topics: Calligraphy and epigraphy in Irân
- Persian poetry
- Ferdosi and the Shâhnâmeh
- The Zurkhâneh
- Cyrus cylinder
- Food in Irân
- Music in Irân
- Religion in Irân
- The Ismâ ʼilis and the Assassins
- Orumieh: a stronghold of the Church of the East
- Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae
- Noruz
- Jiroft
- Modern cinema in Irân
- The City and Province of Tehrân: History
- City tour of Tehrân
- The city centre: Shemirân and the north of Tehrân
- Excursions from Tehrân
- The Northeast: the provinces of Semnân and Khorâsân
- Mashhad
- The Caspian Coast: Gilân Province
- Mâzanderân Province
- The Northwest: Zanjân and Azerbaijân
- Zanjân Province
- The Castles of the Assassins
- The Provinces of Azerbaijân
- Tabriz
- Takht-e Soleimân: Sasanian shrine & Mogol palace
- The Nestorian churches of Orumieh
- Western Irân: Kermânshâh
- Bisotun
- Hamadân
- Khuzestân Province
- The Irân-Iraq War
- Susa and the Susian Plain: Pre-Elamite susa
- The Elamite Empire
- Achaemenian Susa
- Visiting the site
- Chogha Zanbil
- Esfahân Province
- Kâshân
- The City of Esfahân
- North of the Bazaar: The pre-Safavid monuments
- The Safavid Royal City
- The Royal Square
- The Bazaar & Old Quarters to the north of the Royal Square
- Chahâr Bâgh Avenue
- The Zâyandeh-rud and Esfahâns bridges
- On the South Bank: Jolfâ
- Excursions around Esfahân
- Fârs Province
- Shirâz
- Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid)
- Visiting Persepolis
- Naqsh-e Rostam
- Pasargadae
- Excursions from Shirâz
- The Southeast: the desert and the straits of Hormuz
- Yazd
- Zoroastrian community
- Kermân Province
- Bam: from ghost town to necropolis
- Hormuzgân Province
- Useful websites
- Hotels
- Language