The Persians - Garthwaite, Gene R. (Gene Ralph), 1933- (USA : Blackwell Publishing, 2005)
1. Persia : place and idea -- 2. The Achaemenians (c.550-331 BC) -- 3. Alexander (330-323 BC), the Selucids (312-129 BC) and the Parthians (247 BC-AD 224) -- 4. The Sasanians (c. 224-651) -- 5. 'Non-Iran' : Arabs, Turks, and Mongols in Iran -- 6. The Safavids (1501-1722) -- 7. The Qajars (1796-1926) -- 8. Iran, 1921-2003 : Pahlavi and Islamic Republican Iran
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-295) and index
Keywords: Iran -- History