Ali Ansari provides a radical reinterpretation of Iranian history and politics, placing the Islamic Revolution in the context of a century of political change a

"In the 20th and 21st century revolutions have become more urban, often less violent, but also more frequent and more transformative of the international order.

A convergence of land and language (3500-550 BCE) -- Iran and the Greeks (550-247 BCE) -- Parthians, Sasanian and Sogdians (247 BCE-651 CE) -- The Iranization o

This handbook is a guide to Iran's complex history. The book emphasizes the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patt

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first