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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mehrdad Kia, PhD, is professor of Middle Eastern and North African history and director of the Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center at the University of Montana. His published works include Modern Middle East Authoritarianism: Roots, Ramifications, and Crisis; Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire; and The Ottoman Empire. Kia holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern and North African history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
INDEX
Bold indicates volume numbers.
Ab, 1:104–105
Aban, 1:104–105
Aban Mah, 1:104–105
Abarkavan (Abarkāfān), 1:54
Abar Shahr, 1:52–54
Abtin (Aptin), 1:61; 2:14–15, 18
> Abu Bakr, 1:284–285
Abul Abbas ibn Ma’mun, 1:79
Abu Muslim, 2:170
Achaemenes, 1:138–139, 141
Achaemenid Empire
administration and organization, 2:74, 79–80, 84–86, 254–259
Aria, 1:68
Artaxerxes II, inscription by, 2:263–264
Assyria, defeat in, 1:55
Azerbaijan, 1:69–70
Bactria, 1:73, 74
Battle of Cunaxa, 2:264–270
Chorasmia, 1:78
chronology of, 1:xlviii–li; 2:332
collapse of, 1:160–161; 2:78–79
cuisine of, 1:113–114; 2:280–282
customs and practices, 2:274–280
Cyropaedia and, 2:171
Fars, 1:83–86
founding of, 1:162–163
Histories, 2:161–163
Hyrcania, 1:87
kings and queens, overview of, 1:137–138 (See also specific ruler names)
lands ruled by, 1:51
magi, role of, 2:212–213
military practices, 2:75–78, 80, 85, 270–271
Naqsh-e Rostam, 1:29–32
overview of, 2:78–81, 84–86
Oxus Treasure, 1:35–36
Parsargadae, 1:39–40
Parthia, 1:92–93
Persepolis, 1:40–43
Persian Gardens, 1:127–130
Ray, 1:43–45
Royal Road, 2:74, 127–129, 259–260
Samarqand, 1:45
Sar Mashhad, 1:47
women, life in royal house, 2:271–274
Achina, 1:10
Adad-nirari, 1:64
Adad-nirari III, 2:118
Adiabene, 1:54–60
Administration, empire overview, 2:81–89. See also specific empire names
Adur, 2:178–182
Adur Borzen Mihr, 1:71; 2:178–182
Adur Burzin Mihr, 2:30
Adur Farnbag, 1:71; 2:30, 178–182
Adur Gushnasp, 1:71, 238, 266; 2:30, 132, 178–182
Aeshma, 2:182–183
Afghanistan, 1:45, 51, 66–67, 72–77
Afrasiyab (Afrasiab), 1:63, 72–73; 2:2–5, 6, 14, 16, 42–43, 45–46, 50, 55–56, 58, 62, 66
Afrasiyab, City of, 1:45, 97. See also Samarqand
Afrighids, 1:79
Agathias (Scholasticus), 2:150–151