368 page paperback. Story of Persia from earliest times until its unique Iranian civilization was transformed by the Islamic Conquest.

English, German (translation)

This richly illustrated book provides an unsurpassed overview of Islamic art and architecture from the seventh to thirteenth centuries, a time of formation of a new artistic culture and its first, medieval, flowering in the vast area from the Atlantic to India. Inspired by Ettinghausen and Grabar's original text, this book has been completely rewritten and updated to take into account recent information and methodological advances.