Description: Iranian Expanse : Transforming Royal Identity Through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 Bce–642 Ce, Paperback by Canepa, Matthew P., ISBN 0520379209, ISBN-13 9780520379206, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Iranian Expanseexplores how kings in Persia and the ancient Iranian world utilized the built and natural environment to form and contest Iranian cultural memory, royal identity, and sacred cosmologies. Investigating over a thousand years of history, from the Achaemenid period to the arrival of Islam, The Iranian Expanse argues that Iranian identities were built and shaped not by royal discourse alone, but by strategic changes to Western Asia's cities, sanctuaries, palaces, and landscapes. The Iranian Expanse critically examines the construction of a new Iranian royal identity and empire, which subsumed and subordinated all previous traditions, including those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Anatolia. It then delves into the startling innovations that emerged after Alexander under the Seleucids, Arsacids, Kushans, Sasanians, and the Perso-Macedonian dynasties of Anatolia and the Caucasus, a previously understudied and misunderstood period. Matthew P. Canepa elucidates the many ruptures and renovations that produced a new royal culture that deeply influenced not only early Islam, but also the wider Persianate world of the Il-Khans, Safavids, Timurids, Ottomans, and Mughals.
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Book Title: Iranian Expanse : Transforming Royal Identity Through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 BCE-642 CE
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Ancient / General, General, History / Ancient & Classical, Middle East / Iran
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Architecture, History
Item Weight: 41.7 Oz
Item Length: 11 in
Author: Matthew P. Canepa
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
