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Descendants of Cyrus: travels through everyday Iran

By Christopher , Thornton

Book information

Publisher
Potomac Books
Year
2019
ISBN
9781640120372, 9781640122703, 9781640122710, 9781640122727, 1640120378
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (5895892 bytes)
Pages
x, 324 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 c
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Christopher -- Travel -- Iran;Iran -- DescriptionTravel;Travel writing;Thornton

Description

Tehran : two tales from one city -- Tabriz : seat of a revolution -- The Caspian shore : rice and spice and other things nice -- Mashhad : shrines of all kinds -- Kermanshah : Kurdish lands and warrior kings -- Hamedan : city of the Jewish queen -- Kashan : court of the Qajars -- Abyaneh : heading for the hills -- Esfahan : bridges to everywhere -- Yazd : land of fire and ice -- Persepolis : in the shadow of an empire -- Shiraz : of senses and sensibilities.;A firsthand look at one of the least accessible and yet most politically significant countries on earth, Descendants of Cyrus taps is a beautifully written travelogue full of Iranian culture, history, and politics.

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