LEADER 03745nam 22005652 450 001 9910812654003321 005 20180112102239.0 010 $a1-4744-3527-0 010 $a1-4744-2068-0 010 $a1-4744-0102-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474401029 035 $a(CKB)4340000000196030 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5012371 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781474401029 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001979044 035 $a(DE-B1597)616398 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474401029 035 $a(OCoLC)1312727099 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000196030 100 $a20171129d2017|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSasanian Persia $eBetween Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia /$fedited by Eberhard W. Sauer$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 314 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEdinburgh studies in ancient Persia 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018). 311 $a1-4744-0101-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tSeries Editor?s Preface -- $t1. Introduction -- $tPart I. Surplus Production, Urban Growth and the Environment -- $t2. Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empire -- $t3. Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire -- $t4. Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia) -- $tPart II. Frontiers and Frontier Landscapes -- $t5. The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier -- $t6. Connectivity on a Sasanian frontier: Route Systems in the Gorgan Plain of North-East Iran -- $t7. The Sasanian Empire and the East: A Summary of the Evidence and its Implications for Rome -- $tPart III. Contested Territories and Cultural Contacts Between Persia and Rome -- $t8. Minority Religions in the Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration and Relations with Rome -- $t9. A Contested Jurisdiction: Armenia in Late Antiquity -- $t10. Cultural Contacts Between Rome and Persia at the Time of Ardashir I (c. ad 224?40) -- $tPart IV. Imperial Power Balance and International Relations -- $t11. Innovation and Stagnation: Military Infrastructure and the Shifting Balance of Power Between Rome and Persia -- $t12. The Arabian Frontier: A Keystone of the Sasanian Empire -- $t13. The India Trade in Late Antiquity -- $tIndex 330 $aThe Sasanian Empire was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan. This book explores key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire's armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries feature prominently. 410 0$aEdinburgh studies in ancient Persia. 606 $aSassanids 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIran 607 $aIran$xHistory$yTo 640 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aSassanids. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a935 700 $aSauer$b Eberhard, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0478125 702 $aSauer$b Eberhard W.$f1970- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812654003321 996 $aSasanian Persia$94108187 997 $aUNINA