books by Bijan Omrani (odyssey edition ancient)

books by Bijan Omrani

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7 reviews
Bijan Omrani, Matthew Leeming

Odyssey, 2005

afghan guide
A comprehensive guide to everything about Afghanistan from carpets to stupas. Its excellent photographs and abundant maps leave the reader with a desire to visit this fascinating country. The book is heavy to hold but difficult to put down. A must for all travelers (armchair or footworn) of distant horizons.

Iran: Persia: Ancient and Modern, Third Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)
Helen Loveday, Bruce Wannell, ...

Odyssey Publications, 2005

For more than three millennia Iran, or Persia as it was formerly known, was a melting pot of civilizations. Under Cyrus the Great, Persia was the center of the world's first empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean to modern-day Pakistan. Subsequent invasions by the Greeks, Arabs, Mongols and Turks have imbued the nation with an amazingly rich cultural and historical diversity. The Islamic Revolution in 1979 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq ...