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Descendants of Cyrus : travels through everyday Iran / Christopher Thornton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781640122703
  • 9781640122727
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS259 .D473 2019
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Contents:
Tabriz : seat of a revolution -- The Caspian shore -- Mashhad : shrines of all kinds -- Kermanshah -- Hamedan : city of the Jewish queen -- Kashan : court of the Qajars -- Abyaneh : heading for the hills -- Esfahan : bridges to everywhere -- Yazd : land of fire and ice -- Persepolis : in the shadow of an empire -- Shiraz : of senses and sensibilities.
Subject: A firsthand look at one of the least accessible and yet most politically significant countries on earth, Descendants of Cyrus taps is a beautifully written travelogue full of Iranian culture, history, and politics.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction DS259.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1120124801

Includes bibliographies and index.

Tehran : two tales from one city -- Tabriz : seat of a revolution -- The Caspian shore -- Mashhad : shrines of all kinds -- Kermanshah -- Hamedan : city of the Jewish queen -- Kashan : court of the Qajars -- Abyaneh : heading for the hills -- Esfahan : bridges to everywhere -- Yazd : land of fire and ice -- Persepolis : in the shadow of an empire -- Shiraz : of senses and sensibilities.

A firsthand look at one of the least accessible and yet most politically significant countries on earth, Descendants of Cyrus taps is a beautifully written travelogue full of Iranian culture, history, and politics.

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