Iran /
Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy r...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | What everyone needs to know.
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| Summary: | Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy reserves. Yet the close attention paid to Iran in recent decades stems from the impact of the 1979 revolution, which unleashed ideological shock waves throughout the Middle East that reverberate to this day. Many observers look at Iran through the prism of the Islamic Republic's adversarial relationship with the United States, Israel and Sunni nations in its region, yet as Michael Axworthy shows, there is much more to contemporary Iran than its fraught foreign relations. He begins with a concise account of Iranian history from ancient times to the late twentieth century and then follows that with sharp summaries of the key events since the 1979 revolution. The final section of the book focuses on Iran today, its culture, economy, politics and people, and assesses the challenges that the nation will face in coming years. Iran will be an essential overview of a complex and important nation that has occupied world headlines for nearly four decades. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 210 pages : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190232955 0190232951 9780190232962 019023296X |