If these Walls Could Speak

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_55
dc.contributor.author	Daryaee Touraj
dc.title	If these Walls Could Speak. The Barrier of Alexander, Wall of Darband and Other Defensive Moats
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This essay provides a brief discussion of the views of the Sasanians about the limits of their empire from the third to the seventh century CE. The walls created on the boundaries of the empire from the first century of its existence to the final brick in the wall in the sixth provides an image of Iranshahr. The material culture is set aside the literary evidence and their differences and ideological values are highlighted.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasiatica
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-08-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-101-0/if-these-walls-could-speak/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-100-3/EUR-5-4
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-101-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-100-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Barrier
dc.subject	Barrier
dc.subject	Defensive moat
dc.subject	Defensive moat
dc.subject	Iranshahr
dc.subject	Iranshahr
dc.subject	Sasanians
dc.subject	Sasanians

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If these Walls Could Speak

The Barrier of Alexander, Wall of Darband and Other Defensive Moats

Touraj Daryaee University of California, Irvine, USA

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This essay provides a brief discussion of the views of the Sasanians about the limits of their empire from the third to the seventh century CE. The walls created on the boundaries of the empire from the first century of its existence to the final brick in the wall in the sixth provides an image of Iranshahr. The material culture is set aside the literary evidence and their differences and ideological values are highlighted.

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978-88-6969-101-0

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978-88-6969-100-3

Keywords: Sasanians • Barrier • Defensive moat • Iranshahr

permalink: http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-100-3/EUR-5-4

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