Two Eyes of the Earth
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ancient history
ancient rome
ancient societies
ancient world
art
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byzantium
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china
classical heritage
classical history
court life
engaging
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europe
global politics
global powers
historical
iranian history
islam
kingship
medieval europe
medieval society
medieval times
near east
nonfiction study
persian empire
pivotal period
political history
roman empire
rome
royal intrigue
royalty
sacred kingship
sasanian iran
south asia
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- ISBN 9780520257276
- Weight: 862g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Feb 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. This shared ideal, while often generating conflict during the four centuries of the empires' coexistence (224-642), also drove exchange, especially the means and methods Roman and Persian sovereigns used to project their notions of universal rule: elaborate systems of ritual and their cultures' visual, architectural, and urban environments. Matthew Canepa explores the artistic, ritual, and ideological interactions between Rome and the Iranian world under the Sasanian dynasty, the last great Persian dynasty before Islam. He analyzes how these two hostile systems of sacred universal sovereignty not only co-existed, but fostered cross-cultural exchange and communication despite their undying rivalry. Bridging the traditional divide between classical and Iranian history, this book brings to life the dazzling courts of two global powers that deeply affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam, South Asia, and China.
Matthew P. Canepa is Assistant Professor of Art History at the College of Charleston where he is a faculty member in the interdisciplinary programs in Archaeology and Asian Studies.
