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Title Elam and Persia / edited by Javier Álvarez-Mon and Mark B. Garrison
Published Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 493 pages) : illustrations
Contents Archaeology -- Texts -- Images
Summary The late 7th and 6th centuries B.C. were a period of tremendous upheaval and change in ancient western Asia, marked by the destruction of the Assyrian Empire, the rise and collapse of the Neo-Babylonian state, and the stunning ascent of what was to become the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest polity the world had yet seen. Of the major cultural entities involved in these far-reaching events, Elam has long remained the least understood. The essays contained in this book are part of a continuing reassessment of the nature and significance of Elam in the early 1st millennium B.C., with a focus on the relationship between "Elamite" culture of the Neo-Elamite period and the emerging "Persian" culture in southwestern Iran in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. The conception of this volume goes back to the 2003 meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where two sessions were dedicated to the rich cultural heritage of ancient Iran. It was also the first time that Iranian archaeology was represented at ASOR since the Iranian Revolution. This volume contains 14 contributions by leading scholars in the discipline, organized into 3 sections: archaeology, texts, and images (art history). The volume is richly illustrated with more than 200 drawings and photographs
Notes Includes papers from a meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, held in Philadelphia, Pa., 2003
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Art, Elamite -- History -- Congresses
Art, Iranian -- Iran -- Fārs -- History -- Congresses
Philology -- Iran -- Elam -- History -- Congresses
Philology -- Iran -- Fārs -- History -- Congresses
Art, Iranian -- History -- Congresses
HISTORY -- Civilization.
Antiquities
Art, Elamite
Art, Iranian
Civilization
Philology
International relations
SUBJECT Elam -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Elam -- Civilization -- Congresses
Elam -- Relations -- Iran -- Fārs -- Congresses
Fārs (Iran) -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Fārs (Iran) -- Civilization -- Congresses
Fārs (Iran) -- Relations -- Iran -- Elam -- Congresses
Subject Iran -- Fārs
Middle East -- Elam
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Álvarez-Mon, Javier
Garrison, Mark B
American Schools of Oriental Research. Annual Meeting (2003 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
ISBN 9781575066127
1575066122
157506166X
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