Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire Style:Paperback / softback In his most ambitious work

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Ancient Persia in Western History: Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire Style:Paperback / softback In his most ambitious workAncient Persia in Western History challenges the dominant narrative that sees the Graeco Persian Wars as a clash between the despotic East and the enlightened West. Sasan Samiei examines the historiography that has skewed our understanding of this era, contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe with later writers like John Linton Myres. He also explores the cross cultural encounters that constituted the Achaemenid period, positioning it as