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Religion, empire, and torture : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lincoln, Bruce
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Religion and politics.
Religion and politics > Iran > Case studies.
Achaemenid dynasty, > 559 B.C.-330 B.C.
Iran > History > To 640.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Center and periphery
  • God's chosen
  • Creation
  • Microcosms, wonders, paradise
  • The dark side of paradise
  • Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters