Europe's Debt to Persia
Europe's Debt to Persia from Ancient to Modern Times provides a fresh scholarly perspective on how over the centuries Persian kings and noblemen protected and sponsored the religious and intellectual heritage of both Judea and Greece alongside that of Persia itself. Minou Reeves makes available for the first time portraits of the life, upbringing, education and works of generations of ardently Hellenophile Persian thinkers and scientists, and demonstrates the pivotal influence they exerted on t…
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- Full title :Europe's Debt to Persia.
Summary
Europe's Debt to Persia from Ancient to Modern Times provides a fresh scholarly perspective on how over the centuries Persian kings and noblemen protected and sponsored the religious and intellectual heritage of both Judea and Greece alongside that of Persia itself. Minou Reeves makes available for the first time portraits of the life, upbringing, education and works of generations of ardently Hellenophile Persian thinkers and scientists, and demonstrates the pivotal influence they exerted on the works of the emerging European Renaissance and Enlightenment. The book covers the period between 5.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Perseus Book LLC (Ingram)
- Place of Publication:Reading
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (1053 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780863725203, 0863725201
- oclc:on1024239670
- Dewey Decimal:181.50
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