An Introduction to Ancient Iranian Religion: Readings from the Avesta and the Achaemenid Inscriptions

by William W. Malandra

Book Overview

An Introduction to Ancient Iranian Religion was first published in 1983. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

When Persia fell to Islam in the mid-seventh century, the ancient Iranian religion of Zoroastrianism all but disappeared (although it is still practiced by small groups in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816611157
• ISBN13: 9780816611157
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"