TY - BOOK AU - Lincoln,Bruce TI - Religion, empire, and torture: the case of Achaemenian Persia SN - 978-0-226-48196-8 U1 - 935.05 21E PY - 2007/// CY - Chicago, London PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Religion and politics KW - Iran KW - Case studies KW - Achaemenid dynasty KW - 559-330 B.C KW - History KW - To 640 N1 - Bibliogr. p. 143-167; Introduction -- Center and periphery -- God's chosen -- Creation -- Microcosms, wonders, paradise -- The dark side of paradise -- Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters ER -