The impact of the Mongol conquest on Islamic art is examined in terms of the division of the Islamic world into eastern and western spheres of culture as well as the increased influence of Chinese …
Literature by Iranians in the Diaspora
This course begins with the Iranian engage literature of the 60s and 70s and follows the writers of this era to exile in various parts of the globe after the 1979 revolution. It goes on to examines …
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Iran After Alexander: From the Seleucids to the Parthians
The First World Empire: Achaemenid Persia
This course investigates the three Persian empires of pre-Islamic Iran, the Achaemenids (559-330 B.C.E.), the Parthians (247 B.C.E. – 224 C.E.) and the Sasanians (224-651 C.E.). On the basis of the …
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Persian, Greeks, and Romans: Friendly Enemies
The course studies the relations between the classical (Greek and Roman) world and the pre-Islamic Iranian civilizations. It focuses on the passages of Greek and Latin authors that talk about the …
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Zoroastrian Apocalyptic Literature: To the Netherworld and Beyond
The course studies the pre-Islamic Zoroastrian doctrines on individual and universal eschatology, and the texts describing these doctrines. It principally focuses on the Zoroastrian apocalyptic texts …
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