The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran

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Cambridge University Press, 11.11.2004 - 480 Seiten
After reviewing knowledge of Iron Age Iran, the authors look in detail at the highly developed social institutions of the Achaemenid Empire, most notably at state administration, agrarian relations, monetary systems, slavery and trade. A wide-ranging discussion of that culture covers such topics as the religion of the Ancient Iranians, ethnic and cultural contacts with the Achaemenid Empire, and superstitious and scientific practices in the ancient Near East during the sixth to the fourth centuries B.C.
 

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B The archaeology of Iran in the Iron
6
Iron Ages IIII
15
Iran from the ninth to the first half of the sixth century B C
45
E The culture of the Medes
62
The social institutions and the economic structure of
90
Achaemenid culture
238
Conclusion
367
Abbreviations
402
List of works cited
410
Index of names
438
Index of sites
449
Index of subjects
455
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