Subject Index: West Asia, Iran

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Timelines (10) Iran, 8000–2000 B.C. Iran, 2000–1000 B.C. Iran, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. Iran, 1–500 A.D. Iran, 500–1000 A.D. Iran, 1000–1400 A.D. Iran, 1400–1600 A.D. Iran, 1600–1800 A.D. Iran (Persia), 1800–1900 A.D. Iran, 1900 A.D.–present

Thematic Essays (49) The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 B.C.) The Akkadian Empire (ca. 2350–2150 B.C.) Ancient Trade Routes between Europe and Asia The Art of the Book in the Ilkhanid Period Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C. The Art of the Ilkhanid Period (1256–1353) The Art of the Safavids before 1600 The Art of the Seljuqs of Iran (ca. 1040–1157) The Art of the Timurid Period (ca. 1370–1507) The Arts of Iran, 1600–1800 The Arts of the Book in the Islamic World, 1600–1800 Assyria, 1365–609 B.C. Carpets from the Islamic World, 1600–1800 Commercial Exchange, Diplomacy, and Religious Difference between Venice and the Islamic world Couples in Art Courtly Art of the Ilkhanids Early Dynastic Sculpture, 2900–2350 B.C. Europe and the Islamic World, 1600–1800 Folios from the Great Mongol Shahnama (Book of Kings) Folios from the Jami' al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) The Halaf Period Hasanlu in the Iron Age Islamic Art and Culture: the Venetian Perspective Islamic Art of the Deccan The Legacy of Genghis Khan List of Rulers: Islamic World List of Rulers: Mesopotamia List of Rulers: The Ancient Greek World Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Modern and Contemporary Art in Iran A New Visual Language Transmitted Across Asia Nineteenth-Century Iran: Art and the Advent of Modernity Nineteenth-Century Iran: Continuity and Revivalism Orientalism in Nineteenth-Century Art Parthian Empire (247 B.C.–224 A.D.) The Religious Arts under the Ilkhanids The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander the Great The Sasanians, 224–636 The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.) Shah cAbbas and the Arts of Isfahan Takht-i Sulayman and Tile Work in the Ilkhanid Period Trade between the Romans and the Empires of Asia Urartu Uruk: The First City Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797 Venice's Principal Muslim Trading Partners: the Mamluks, the Ottomans, and the Safavids West Asia: Ancient Legends, Modern Idioms West Asia: Between Tradition and Modernity West Asia: Postmodernism, the Diaspora, and Women Artists