books.google.com - The third volume, published in two parts, is an account of every aspect of Iranian civilisation from the death of Alexander in 323 BC to the advent of Islam in the seventh century AD. This complex period, of major importance in Iranian history and extending for almost a thousand years, encompasses the...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Cambridge_History_of_Iran.html?id=Ko_RafMSGLkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Cambridge History of Iran