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The Golden Age of Persia | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard N. Frye
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Category: Book
List Price: $21.94
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 952926
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1842120115
Dewey Decimal Number: 956
EAN: 9781842120118
ASIN: 1842120115
Publication Date: August 2000
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Product Description
The definitive history of the birth and development of the great age of Iranian civilization by the world authority on ancient Persian culture. "This book is excellently written and well-organized to present a sound but reflectively new study of Islam's penetration...into Iran."--Peter Avery, The Middle East Journal.
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| Customer Reviews:
 In the name of Iran January 25, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book explains Iranian identity which is like Cypress tree that it bends but does not break. Author of the book brought forward evidences that how Iran was made-up.
 Between two stools January 20, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Concentrates on the cultural effects of the Arab invasions and the extent to which Persian culture became a vector for the eastward spread of Islam in the 8th/9th centuries. A rather frustrating book, too detailed for beginners yet not specific enough on any detail to give a real insight to any of the individual historical events of which the theme is a composite. This is a shame as reading between the lines it seems apparent that the author was constrained by editorial pressure rather than lack of fact or interest.
Still as an overview of the achievements of the early Islamic era it is an original piece of scholarship.
Very thorough but Dry December 27, 2002
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a work of very good scholarship and is well reasoned and supported spelling out an important history in Iranian and Islamic history. However, I would not recommend this for the casual historian but rather only to the dedicated student. The prose is quite dry and reading through it can become a chore rather than a delight. If you're looking for a general history stay clear if you need specific details at all costs than by all means buy this book.
A display of superb scholarship October 4, 2000
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Professor Frye dispell the myth perpetuated by the Islamists as well as europhiles that the classical period in Iranian history was one of meagre achievement. The small volume of extant sources showed a highly sophisticated culture and references to other works during the same period point to a highly literate society. Professor Frye reconstruct Sassanid Persia and identifies it as the source of the Islamic golden age that followed. Beautifully written, this is the book that can be used by any novice to start a soundly grounded historical odyssey as well as by the more experienced reader to correct many of her misconception.
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