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Download or read book The Golden Age of Persia written by Richard Nelson Frye and published by . This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four hundred years which followed the explosive spread of Islam in the 7th century brough a unique fusion of cultures to Iran - unique because Iran embraced Islam while maintaining continuity with its own Persian heritage. The result was the great age of Iranian civilization, a broad culture created from the meeting of traditions: art and architecture flourished; Persian poetry flowered, in a language expanded by the rich Arabic vocabulary; great advances were made in science and medicine. Richard Frye describes these centuries as a high point in human achievement.