Sasanian Iran in the Context of Late Antiquity The Bahari Lecture Series at the University of Oxford (Ancient Iran, 6)

This volume is a collection of papers on the various aspects of Sasanian world which were delivered at the University of Oxford in 2014. Eminent scholars in such fields as numismatics, history, art history, Pahlavi and Zoroastrian Studies provide important observations on the Sasanian Empire and its influence and contact with the neighboringcivilizations, as well as the internal developments throughout the four centuries in which the Sasanians held power on the Iranian Plateau and beyond.ISBN : 9780999475584 This volume is a collection of papers on the various aspects of Sasanian world which were delivered at the University of Oxford in 2014. Eminent scholars in such fields as numismatics, history, art history, Pahlavi and Zoroastrian Studies provide important observations on the Sasanian Empire and its influence and contact with the neighboring civilizations, as well as the internal developments throughout the four centuries in which the Sasanians held power on the Iranian Plateau and beyond. This volume was previously published by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies, University of California – Irvine. SASANIAN IRAN IN THE CONTEXT OF LATE ANTIQUITY: THE BAHARI LECTURE SERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Table of Contents Introduction The Numismatic Legacy of the Sasanians in the East Persian Palace Architecture, Garden Design and Digital Archaeology The Tripartite Sasanian Vision of the World Books without Ritual – Ritual without Books The Rise of the Sasanians A Father, a Daughter, and a Son-in-Law in Zoroastrian Hermeneutics The King in the Mirror of the Zand The program of the Bahari Lecture Series Contributors Blank Page This volume is a collection of papers on the various aspects of Sasanian world which were delivered at the University of Oxford in 2014. Eminent scholars in such fields as numismatics, history, art history, Pahlavi and Zoroastrian Studies provide important observations on the Sasanian Empire and its influence and contact with the neighboring civilizations, as well as the internal developments throughout the four centuries in which the Sasanians held power on the Iranian Plateau and beyond. - Contracubierta