"A series of six lectures delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the spring and summer terms 2004, organised by the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the British Museum."--P. [1].
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-147).
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Cyrus the Great and the kingdom of Anshan / [D.T. Potts] -- An archaeologist's approach to Avestan geography / [Frantz Grenet] -- The Achaemenids and the Avesta / [P.O. Skærvø] -- The contribution of the Magi / [Albert de Jong] -- The history of the idea of Iran / [A. Shapur Shahbazi] -- Iron Age Iran and the transition to the Achaemenid period / [John Curtis].