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What's a good place to start on Persian history 2017-08-02 07:30:55 Post No. 3182386
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What's a good place to start on Persian history
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2017-08-02 07:30:55
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I'm pretty well informed on Greek and late Roman history, which has given me some outside knowledge about Persians and Iranians in general, but I'd like to know more. Can anyone recommend good entry level works on Persian history, especially in the Parthian and Sassanian eras? I'm a history student looking for something to eventually specialize in and Iran seems pretty neat, but I don't know where to start.
Books, docs, lectures, podcasts are all appreciated.
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What's a Persian?
You mean (F)ersian right?
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>>3182427
I don't get this meme
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>>3182431
Before the Arab invasion (F)ersians used to call themselves Persian and their language Parsi. Then Arabs came, in Arabic language the letter "P" does not exist so Arabs called them Farsi. Today Persians call themselves Fars and their language Farsi
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>>3182445
I always thought Persian came from a Greek corruption of Farsi. Persia being the common western name for the region since forever
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Pls
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>>3182431
Its the Turkroach who got his tripcode banned the other day by the moderator shitposting more after spending more then a year avatarfagging in /his/. He's the only one that does it and you can tell when he samefags hard.
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>>3182590
Anything by Touraj Daryaee.
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>>3182445
>Today Persians call themselves Fars and their language Farsi
Wow hard cucking.
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>I am a history student who doesn't know how to source reliable information on any given historical subject
Literally kill yourself.
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>>3183131
>samefagging a reply to (You)rself
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>>3183142
I go to podunk university pls no bully
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>>3182427
You're that Turk from /int/ aren't you?
Whats with the constant shitpost, do Turks and Persians hate each other?
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>>3183432
Turks hate everyone, and everyone hates them back.
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>>3183432
Turks are the wewuzers of the middle east
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>>3182386
J M cook had a good book on the Persians. I believe he also write the entry in the Cambridge ancient history one them (volume 4)
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>>3183011
>Touraj Daryaee
I second this recommendation.
I also recommend Iran in World History by Richard Foltz.
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