Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-258) and index
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Persia from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians 550 BC-AD 650 / Gianroberto Scarcia -- Darius: the classicism of the Achaemenids -- Arsaces: the Parthians and time denied -- The Khosrow kings: continuity as reinvention -- Islamic Persia seventh-nineteenth century / Giovanni Curatola -- Mud, brick, and turquoise: the architecture of Persia -- Timeless figures: Persian miniatures -- Flowers of wool: Persian carpets -- Persia between the baroque and the neoclassical eras.