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Studies in Ancient Persian Histor /
This volume lays the foundation of a "correct" view of ancient Persian history, which, in the author's opinion, had hitherto been approached from a "biased standpoint." It presents a survey of ancient and modern historians such as Gibbon, Malcolm and Rawlinson and critiques...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & amp; Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge Library Editions: Iran.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- STUDIES IN ANCIENT PERSIAN HISTORY; Copyright; STUDIES IN ANCIENT PERSIAN HISTORY; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Objects of the book; Comments on Gibbon, Malcolm, and Rawlinson; On Browne's Literary History, and Richardson; Training of Arab and Persian writers in general, and Firdausi; Nature of questions discussed in the book; I; Brief abstract of ancient Persian history; Division of the book into sections, and their headings; Mahomedan chroniclers judged; Absence of patriotism in Mahomedan writers; Firdausi's summersault; Attitude of present-day Persia.
- Agitation of the eleventh centuryMirkhond's canons of historical criticism; Disqualifications of Arab writers; Of Moslem writers in general; Detailed analysis of the merits and demerits of Persian and Arabic histories; A concise estimate of the Sassanian regime and the national traits under it; Dire results of the union of Church and State; II GREEK AND LATIN AUTHORS; English, German, and French modes of writing Oriental History criticised; Contradictions among Greek writers; Greek sentiments towards Asiatics; De Gobineau on Herodotus; Design of Herodotus in writing his book.
- Greek accounts of the alleged Persian invasions scrutinised and disprovedRichardson on the two invasions; III CHARACTER AND CIVILISATION OF THE ANCIENT PERSSIANS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF OTHER NATIONS; The truth about Greek and Latin learning; H. Spencer on the Greeks and their character; The classicists and Mahaffy on Greek characteristics; Mahaffy and Merivale on Roman characteristics; Fascination of Persian character; Mahaffy on Persian character; Greeks and Persians contrasted; Remarks on the Hellenising of Asia contemplated by Alexander Grerat.
- Authoritative opinions on the Byzantine EmpireNoldeke's comparisons of Roman and Persian civilisations refuted; The influences which brought about the European Renaissance; Persian morals under the Sassanian Empire; Constitutents of the Sassanian culture; The parentage of Moslem sciences and Renaissance to be traced to the Sassanian learning; Futility of classical learning, and its retardation of progress in Europe; Moorish civilisation in Spain; Spencer's final judgment on the Eastern civilisations; IV THE HEROIC AGE OF PERSIA; Superficial views of Rawlinson and Browne.
- Facts disentangled by MalcolmThe genuine historical basis of the heroic period; Explanation of the gaps and defects in Persian traditions; Authenticity of Pehlavi records; Greek omission of pre-Achemenian dynasties of no consequence; Professor Sayce on modern research in its bearing on Greek treatment of Oriental history; The richness of Persian material for history; Superiority of Persian history to Greek; Spencer's principles applied to the interpretation of Persian legends; Gobineau's systematisation of legendary history; Uses and meaning of " tradition "