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A fascinating study of Persia’s interactions and exchanges of influence with ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. The founding of the first Persian Empire by

This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United Sta

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A lavishly illustrated, authoritative presentation of the history of Islamic luxury textiles