Today the Victoria & Albert Museum holds extensive & renowned collections of Iranian art spanning at least twelve centuries of Iran's sophisticated cultural history These objects range from archaeological finds to architectural salvage from domestic furnishings & drinking vessels to design archives Most of this diverse material was purchased in the late nineteenth century over a few decades
- roughly between 1873 & 1893
- during a specific period of contact between Victorian Britain & Qajar Iran This book investigates that period through four case studies showing how architects diplomats dealers collectors & craftsmen engaged with Iran's complex visual traditions ancient & modern

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In 480 BC Xerxes the King of Persia led an invasion of mainland Greece Its success should have been a formality For seventy years victory
- rapid spectacular victory
- had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire In the space of a single generation they had swept across the Near East shattering ancient kingdoms storming famous cities putting together an empire which stretched from India to the shores of the Aegean As a result of those conquests Xerxes ruled as the most powerful man on the planet Yet somehow astonishingly against the largest expeditionary force ever assembled the Greeks of the mainland managed to hold out The Persians were turned back Greece remained free Had the Greeks been defeated at Salamis not only would the West have lost its first struggle for independence & survival but it is unlikely that there would ever have been such & entity as the West at all Tom Holland's brilliant new book describes the very first 'clash of Empires' between East & West Once again he has found extraordinary parallels between the ancient world & our own There is no competing popular book describing these events

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Thirty years after Xerxes invaded Greece the Achaemenid Persian Empire ended its long war with Athens For the next four decades the Persians tolerated Athenian control of their former tributaries the Ionian Greek cities of western Anatolia But during the Peloponnesian War Persia reclaimed Ionia & funded a Spartan fleet to overthrow Athenian power It took eight long years for Persia to triumph & Sparta then turned on its benefactors prompting Persia to transfer aid to Athens in the Corinthian War The peace of 386 reiterated imperial control of Ionia & compelled both Sparta & Athens to endorse a Persian promise of autonomy for Greeks outside Asia In Persian Interventions John O Hyland challenges earlier studies that assume Persia played Athens against Sparta in a defensive balancing act He argues instead for a new interpretation of Persian imperialism one involving long-term efforts to extend diplomatic & economic patronage over Greek clients beyond the northwestern frontier Achaemenid kings he asserts were less interested in Ionia for its own sake than in the accumulation of influence over Athens Sparta or both which allowed them to advertise Persia's claim to universal power while limiting the necessity of direct military commitment The slow pace of intervention resulted from logistical constraints & occasional diplomatic blunders rather than long-term plans to balance & undermine dangerous allies Persian Interventions examines this critical period in unprecedented depth providing valuable new insights for the study of Achaemenid Persia & classical Greece Its conclusions will interest not only specialists in both fields but also students of ancient & modern comparative historical imperialism ...

Are we the same I wonder when all our surroundings association acquaintances are changed? I conclude that it is not the person who danced with you at Mansfield St who writes to you today from Persia Yet there are dregs English sediment at the bottom of my sherbet & perhaps they flavour it more than I think I write to you of Persia I am not me that is my only excuse I am only I am merely pouring out for you some of what I have received in the last two months When Gertrude Bell's uncle was appointed Minister in Tehran in 1891 she declared that the great ambition of her life was to visit Persia Several months later she did & so began a lifetime of travel & a lifelong enchantment with what she saw as the romance of the East which evolved into a deep understanding of its cultures & people This vivid & impressionistic series of sketches her first foray into writing is an evocative meditation that moves between Persia's heroic past & its long decline; the public face of Tehran & the otherworldly 'secret mysterious life of the East' the lives of its women its lush enclosed gardens; from the bustling cities to the lonely wastelands of Khorasan ...

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play The complete second season of the US crime drama following ex-CIA officer John Reese (Jim Caviezel) as he attempts to put a stop to violence in New York City The former agent works alongside billionaire Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) who at the government&s request created computer software that can detect forthcoming terrorist attacks The programme also has the ability to predict other criminal activity but after the government showed disinterest in this Finch enlisted the assistance of Reese who now has to use the basic information provided to work out what will happen & prevent it from taking place The episodes are & The Contingency& & Bad Code& & Masquerade& & Triggerman& & Bury the Lede& & The High Road& & Critical& && Til Death& &COD& & Shadow Box& &2TTR& & Prisoner&s Dilemma& & Dead Reckoning& & One Percent& & Booked Solid& & Relevance& & Proteus& & All In& & Trojan Horse& & In Extremis& & Zero Day& & & God Mode& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The team has been forced to go underground to avoid being detected by Samaritan & Decima leaving behind NYPD Detective Lionel Fusco (Chapman) the sole member of the team unaware of the Machine&s existence Cut off from their resources & each other the team must now find a way to lead unassuming lives while still protecting average citizens from the unseen dangers around them In Season 4 the team must devise new ways to continue their work without being detected by Samaritan after they&re forced to take on new identities created by Root Some however find it hard to ignore the Machine&s numbers putting them all at risk of being seen by the rival Machine ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jim Caviezel (The Thin Red Line) Michael Emerson (Lost) & Taraji P Henson (Hustle & Flow) team up in this thought-provoking crime action drama from The Dark Knight&s Jonathan Nolan & JJ Abrams& Bad Robot Productions (Fringe Lost Alias) Set in New York City with all of its multifaceted elements of justice (ie cops criminals corruption) this procedural centers on an ex-CIA agent presumed dead who partners with a mysterious billionaire to prevent violent crimes Using data siphoned off the United States intelligence agencies& threat matrix deemed irrelevant to national security -- information concerning not terrorism but violent crimes of a personal nature -- the unpredictable former agent Reese & his enigmatic partner Finch identify a "person of interest" & set about solving the mystery of the impending crime that person will be involved in Tapping into the world&s Big Brother-like surveillance network the shadowy duo knows that something bad is going to happen; it&s their mission to discover what that event will be & somehow prevent it Operating on a parallel track are New York detectives Carter & the corrupt Fusco who must enforce the law while still abiding by it Running counterpoint to Reese&s unconventional yet effective methods Carter strives not only to collar criminals but the evasive Reese as well Inspired by the chilling omnipresence of global surveillance & information tracking Person of Interest delivers the familiar elements of a crime procedural in a heightened unpredictable manner -- as Reese & Finch race to solve each crime before it occurs ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Person Of Interest is a crime thriller about a presumed-dead former CIA agent John Reese who teams up with mysterious billionaire Harold Finch to prevent violent crimes with high-tech surveillance & their own brand of vigilante justice Reese&s special training in covert operations appeals to Finch a software genius who invented a program aka " The Machine" that can identify people soon to be involved in violent crimes Tapping into ubiquitous surveillance feeds throughout the city the two work outside of the law combining Reese&s black ops skills with Finch&s technological prowess & unlimited wealth to unravel the mystery of the person of interest & stop the crime before it happens Reese&s actions draw the attention of the NYPD including by-the-book homicide detective Joss Carter After initially pursuing Reese as a criminal Carter now shares in his pursuit of justice Also working with Reese & Finch is Detective Lionel Fusco a onetime corrupt cop who began as Reese&s unwilling pawn but now views their missions as a chance at personal redemption With infinite crimes to investigate Reese & Finch find that the right person with the right information at the right time can change everything Actors Jim Caviezel Taraji P Henson Kevin Chapman & Michael Emerson Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011
- 2012 Screen 1781 Languages English
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