Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves."A History of Persian Literature" a...(展开全部)

The Mongol invasion in the thirteenth century marked a new phase in the development of Islamic art. Trans-Eurasian exchanges of goods, people and ideas were encouraged on a large scale under the auspices of the Pax Mongolica. With the fascination of portable objects brought from China and Central Asia, a distinctive, hitherto unknown style - Islamic chinoiserie - was born in th...(展开全部)

The Mongol invasion in the thirteenth century marked a new phase in the development of Islamic art. Trans-Eurasian exchanges of goods, people and ideas were encouraged on a large scale under the auspices of the Pax Mongolica. With the fascination of portable objects brought from China and Central Asia, a distinctive, hitherto unknown style - Islamic chinoiserie - was born in th...(展开全部)

The Cambridge History of Iran is a multi-volume survey of Iranian history and culture, and its contribution to the civilization of the world. All aspects of the religious, philosophical, political, economic, scientific and artistic elements in Iranian civilization are studied, with some emphasis on the geographical and ecological factors that have contributed to that civilizati...(展开全部)

This final volume of The Cambridge History of Iran covers the period from 1722 to 1979. Part I sets out the political framework. Beginning in the reign of Nadir Shah, it traces the establishment of the Qajar dynasty and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi autocracy. Part II discusses relations with the Ottoman Empire, Russia, European countries, Britain and British India. Part III...(展开全部)

With almost three thousand years of history, Iran is home to one of the world's richest and most complex cultures. Yet to the average American the name Iran probably conjures up an image of a remote and upstart country inhabited by a people whose religious fanaticism is matched only by the intensity of their disdain for the United States and its values, who speak an obscure ton...(展开全部)

With almost three thousand years of history, Iran is home to one of the world's richest and most complex cultures. Yet to the average American the name Iran probably conjures up an image of a remote and upstart country inhabited by a people whose religious fanaticism is matched only by the intensity of their disdain for the United States and its values, who speak an obscure ton...(展开全部)

Patricia Crone's latest book is about the Iranian response to the Muslim penetration of the Iranian countryside, the revolts subsequently triggered there, and the religious communities that these revolts revealed. The book also describes a complex of religious ideas that, however varied in space and unstable over time, has demonstrated a remarkable persistence in Iran across a ...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 弗林特·莱弗瑞特是美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学国际关系学院的创始人之一，同时还是北京大学国际关系学院的访问学者。他在普林斯顿大学获得政治学博士学位，曾是美国国务院政策设计司的成员，并曾任国家安全委员会中东事务高级主任。2003年，因为不同意小布什政府的中东政策，他辞职离开了政府部门。 希拉里·曼·莱弗瑞特是美利坚大学国际事务学院的高级讲师，同时也是北京大学国际关系学院的访问学者。她曾任美国国家安全委员会中东问题专家，是美国国务院政策设计司的成员，曾参与美国在联合国的工作，并穿梭于中东各个国家的美国使馆。从2001年到2003年，曾有一小部分美国外交官受命与伊朗官员就阿富汗、“基地”组织和伊拉克问题进行协商，她是其中一员。希拉里·曼·莱弗瑞特在哈佛大学获得法学博士学位，文学学士学位则是在布兰代斯大学获得的。同时她还曾在埃及开罗美国大学和以色列特...(展开全部)