The Seleukid Empire between Orientalism and Hellenocentrism: Writing the history of Iran in the Third and Second Centuries BCE



The Seleukid Empire between Orientalism and Hellenocentrism: Writing the history of Iran in the Third and Second Centuries BCE

By Rolf Strootman

Paper given at the Center for Persian Studies, University of California Irvine (2011)

Introduction:

About History of the Ancient World