{"product_id":"9781350197763","title":"Ancient Persia in Western History : Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAncient Persia in Western History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sasan Samiei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Persia in Western History\u003c\/i\u003e is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic 'East' and the broadly enlightened 'West'. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350197763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40773971673294,"sku":"9781350197763","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_f244e433-4fa7-4d4c-9961-ea1189b82637.jpg?v=1642142186","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350197763","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}