Connecting the Plateau: Evolving socio-economic networks across the Central Iranian Deserts during the Early Seljuq period

现代伊朗通过共同的波斯语和共同的国家认同而团结在一起。然而，直到11世纪中叶，伊朗在语言和文化上显然是分裂的，只有新波斯人在伊朗中部沙漠以东占据主导地位。虽然塞尔朱克在同一个世纪对整个伊朗的征服可能帮助创造了这种语言和文化联盟，但我们不知道伊朗是如何成为伊朗人的。该项目将通过绘制这些沙漠周围当时的社会经济网络图来寻找答案，绘制出语言和文化如何与其他网络交叉以建立共同身份的图表。

Modern Iran is united by a common Persian language and a shared national identity. However, up until the mid-11th century Iran was clearly divided linguistically and culturally with New Persian only dominant east of the Central Iranian Deserts. While the Seljuq conquest of the whole of Iran in the same century likely helped create this linguistic and cultural union, we do not know the mechanics of how Iran became Iranian. This project will seek answers by mapping the socio-economic networks at the time around these deserts, charting how language and culture intersected with other networks to build a common identity.