Hellenism and the representation of the Achaemenid Empire /
First Statement of Responsibility
Sasan Samiei
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 315 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
SERIES
Series Title
International library of Iranian studies ;
Volume Designation
47
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-310) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Setting the scene: anthropology, linguistics and romantic Hellenism in Victorian Britain -- The 'race-culture' debate: 1900s-1930s -- The 'diffusionism vs. evolutionism' theoretical debate, Gordon Childe and the prehistory of Europe -- Hellenism reassessed (1890s-1940s): part I -- Hellenism reassessed (1890s-1940s): part II -- Hellenisms and the historiography of ancient Persia -- Concluding remarks