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Rayy: From Its Origins to the Mongol Invasion: An Archaeological and Historiographical Study (Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World)

By Rocco Rante

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2014
ISBN
9004279296, 9789004279292
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34394053 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
180\180
Time added
2024-05-27 15:49:01

Description

This book offers a new history of the ancient city of Rayy. Based on the results of the latest excavations on the Citadel and the Shahrestan (the political and administrative nucleus of the city in all periods), the study of historical and geographical texts and on surveys carried out between 2005 and 2007 by the author and the Iranian archaeologist, Ghadir Afround, the complete occupation sequence of the city, from its foundation in the Iron Age and the Parthian reconstructions (2nd to 1st centuries BC), up to the Mongol invasions and rapid depopulation in the 13th century CE, comes to light.

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