To understand the history of the Near East and the Iranian Plateau, we must begin with the Sasanians.
Life and Thought
Touraj Daryaee, born in 1967, is an Iranian historian and Iranologist who teaches at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses primarily on ancient Iranian history, particularly the Sasanian period.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures12 titles
The Sasanian Empire
The Fall of the Sasanians: Foreign Conquerors, Domestic Resistance, and the Image of the End of the World
Sasanian History and Culture
The Provincial Capitals of Iranshahr
Sasanians
Cyrus the Great
Report on the Chess and Backgammon of New Ardashir
The Iranian Empire, the Arab Conquest, and Zoroastrian Eschatology
The Sasanian Empire
Untold Stories of the Sasanian Empire
From the Oxus to the Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran
The King of the Seven Climes
