The Gorgan Plain of northeast Iran : a diachronic analysis of settlement and land use patterns relating to urban, rural and mobile populations on a Sasanian frontier

The Gorgan Plain of northeast Iran was one of the northern frontiers of the Sasanian Empire (c. AD 225-640), and was marked by considerable investment in water management and defensive features such as canals, fortifications and the nearly 200 km long-wall known as the Gorgan Wall. However, in compa...

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Main Author: Hopper, Kristen Alicia
Published: Durham University 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.725777