This book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Ya'qubi (d. circa 910), 'Ali al-Mas'udi (d. circa 960) and Hamza al-Isfahani (d. circa 960s ...
In 550 BC, the Persians, who were merely a small tribal force engaged in pastoralism in the southern Iranian plateau, unified ...
Machine generated contents note: 2.1. The Persians -- 2.1.1. Parsua and Parsumash -- 2.1.2. Kurash of Parsumash -- 2.2. The Indigenous Population of the Iranian Plateau: The Elamites -- 2.3. The ...
A new digital exploration of Iranian history and civilization offers audiences worldwide an opportunity to discover the rich ...
A Research from the Academy of Athens argues that the Greeks actually chose Salamis after studying the area's climactic ...
In Western history, Persians are exotic and malevolent “Others.” The fantasy film 300 (2006) is an extreme example. For many modern Americans, Persians are the Bad Guys. The first great Persian empire ...
The Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., but much of what we know about them today comes from Greek rather than Persian sources. The various Greek authors who ...
“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...
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