Sasanian Persia.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Surplus Production, Urban Growth and the Environment -- 2 Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empire -- 3 Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire -- 4 Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia) -- PART II Frontiers and Frontier Landscapes -- 5 The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier -- 6 Connectivity on a Sasanian frontier: Route Systems in the Gorgan Plain of North-East Iran -- 7 The Sasanian Empire and the East: A Summary of the Evidence and its Implications for Rome -- PART III Contested Territories and Cultural Contacts Between Persia and Rome -- 8 Minority Religions in the Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration and Relations with Rome -- 9 A Contested Jurisdiction: Armenia in Late Antiquity -- 10 Cultural Contacts Between Rome and Persia at the Time of Ardashir I (c. ad 224-40) -- PART IV Imperial Power Balance and International Relations -- 11 Innovation and Stagnation: Military Infrastructure and the Shifting Balance of Power Between Rome and Persia -- 12 The Arabian Frontier: A Keystone of the Sasanian Empire -- 13 The India Trade in Late Antiquity -- Index -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Surplus Production, Urban Growth and the Environment.

2 Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empi -- 3 Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After -- 4 Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (I -- PART II Frontiers and Frontier Landscapes -- 5 The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine a -- 6 Connectivity on a Sasanian frontier: Route Systems in the Gorgan Plain of North-East Iran -- 7 The Sasanian Empire and the East: A Summary of the Evidence and its Implications for Rome -- PART III Contested Territories and Cultural Contacts Between Persia and Rome -- 8 Minority Religions in the Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration and Relations with Rome -- 9 A Contested Jurisdiction: Armenia in Late Antiquity -- 10 Cultural Contacts Between Rome and Persia at the Time of Ardashir I (c. ad 224-40) -- PART IV Imperial Power Balance and International Relations -- 11 Innovation and Stagnation: Military Infrastructure and the Shifting Balance of Power Between Rome -- 12 The Arabian Frontier: A Keystone of the Sasanian Empire -- 13 The India Trade in Late Antiquity -- Index.

No detailed description available for "Sasanian Persia".

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.