Nomadism in Iran : from antiquity to the modern era / D. T. Potts.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0199330808Subject(s): Nomads -- Iran -- History | Iran -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 305.9069180955 LOC classification: DS268 | .P688 2014Summary: Potts examines the development of nomadism in Iran over the course of three millennia. Evidence of nomadism in prehistory is examined and found insufficient to justify claims of its great antiquity. The background of the earliest nomadic groups, identified as Persian tribes by Herodotus, is examined within the context of the migration of Iranian speakers onto the Iranian plateau in the late second or early first millennium B.C. Thereafter, evidence of nomadic groups in Late Antiquity and early Islamic times is reviewed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Potts examines the development of nomadism in Iran over the course of three millennia. Evidence of nomadism in prehistory is examined and found insufficient to justify claims of its great antiquity. The background of the earliest nomadic groups, identified as Persian tribes by Herodotus, is examined within the context of the migration of Iranian speakers onto the Iranian plateau in the late second or early first millennium B.C. Thereafter, evidence of nomadic groups in Late Antiquity and early Islamic times is reviewed.
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