Iran and a French Empire of Trade, 1700-1808: The Other Persian Letters

by Junko Takeda

Iran and a French Empire of Trade examines the understudied topic of Franco-Persian relations in the long eighteenth century to highlight how rising tensions among Eurasian empires and revolutions in the Atlantic world were profoundly intertwined. Conflicts between Persia, Turkey, India and Russia, and European weapons-dealing with these empires occurred against a backdrop of climate change and food insecurities that destabilized markets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789622255
• ISBN13: 9781789622256
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"