Greater Khorasan: History, Geography, Archaeology and Material Culture

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Greater Khorasan

History, Geography, Archaeology and Material Culture

Edited by: Rocco Rante

Volume 29 in the series Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110331707

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The modern sense of “Greater Khorasan” today corresponds to a territory which not only comprises the region in the east of Iran but also, beyond Iranian frontiers, a part of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. In the past this entity was simply defined as Khorasan.

In the Sassanid era Khorasan defined the “Eastern lands”. In the Islamic era this term was again taken up in the same sense it previously enjoyed. The Arab sources of the first centuries all mention the eastern regions under the same toponym, Khorasan.

Khorasan was the gateway used by Alexander the Great to go into Bactria and India and, inversely, that through which the Seljuks and Mongols entered Iran. In a diachronic context Khorasan was a transit zone, a passage, a crossroads, which, above all in the medieval period, saw the creation of different commercial routes leading to the north, towards India, to the west and into China.

In this framework, archaeological researches will be the guiding principle which will help us to take stock of a material culture which, as its history, is very diversified. They also offer valuable elements on commercial links between the principal towns of Khorasan. This book will provide the opportunity to better know the most recent elements of the principal constitutive sites of this geographical and political entity.

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Rocco Rante, Paris, France.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Pre-Mongol Khurasan. A Historical Introduction David Durand-Guédy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
“Khorasan Proper” and “Greater Khorasan” within a politico-cultural framework Rocco Rante Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
La crise d’aridité climatique de la fin du 3ème millénaire av. J.-C., à la lumière des contextes géomorphologique de 3 sites d’Iran Oriental (Bam, Tepe Damghani, Jiroft) Eric Fouache, Henri-Paul Francfort, Claude Cosandey and Chahryar Adle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
From Parthian to Islamic Nisa Carlo Lippolis and Vito Messina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Merv on Khorasanian trade routes from the 10th–13th centuries Paul Wordsworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Ancient Herat Revisited. New Data from Recent Archaeological Fieldwork Ute Franke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Trois mosquées du début de l’ère islamique au Grand Khorassan : Bastam, Noh-Gonbadan/Haji-Piyadah de Balkh et Zuzan d’après des investigations archéologiques Chahryar Adle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Le paysage urbain de Nishapur Haeedeh Laleh, Abolfazl Mokarramifar and Zahra Lorzadeh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Nouvelles recherches sur la céramique de Nishapur : la prospection du shahrestan Annabelle Collinet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Archaeological Material in the Museum Setting: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Excavations at Nishapur Marika Sardar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Nishapur Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 70 years of Restoration Techniques Vicki Parry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Le Grand Khorasan : Datation par des méthodes physico-chimiques (carbone 14 et luminescence) Antoine Zink, Pascale Richardin, Nathalie Gandolfo and Rocco Rante Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 310
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 55
- Coloured Illustrations: 66
Keywords: Afghanistan; Turkmenistan; Iran; excavations

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Published: March 10, 2015
ISBN: 9783110331707

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Published: March 13, 2015
ISBN: 9783110331554