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Male homoerotic practices in Achaemenid Persia: an overview

open access: yesArchai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental
Descriptions of Ancient Persian male homoeroticism come mainly from Classical sources, which, however, seem to present divergent testimonies regarding this practice.
Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction

open access: yesJournal of Hebrew Scriptures
An introduction to the special issue, "Ancient Jewish Memories of Achaemenid Persia."
Kristin Joachimsen, Jason S. Mokhtarian
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A history of wearing a face mask in ancient Iran. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Med Res, 2023
Jamshidi AH   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Term Apadana in Achaemenid Palatial Complexes [PDF]

open access: yesصفه, 2016
This paper is a lexicographical and architectural review of the term ‘apadana’ as used in Achaemenid inscriptions. Although there is no consensus on the origins of this term, its usage has been noted in reference to a colonnaded hall.
Assadollah Joodaki Azizi   +1 more
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Xerxes and the Tower of Babel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
George, Andrew
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The Position of Susa in Comparison with Perspolis during Achaemenid Era [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش های تاریخی, 2015
In Achaemenid era, Ilam province, remarkably its capital Susa, had a great position. Susa not only has been mentioned as Parsian's center rather than Perspolis through ancient texts but also was one of the four greatest capitals of Parsian.
Qumars Alizadeh   +2 more
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Quantitative dynamics of human empires [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Quantitative modeling of social systems shows a large component of automatic drives in the behavior of individual humans and human society. Studies of the formation and breakdown of twenty diverse empires operating over almost three thousand years ...
Ausubel, J.H., Marchetti, C.
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Economic role and position of the residents of western Sapras in Iran during Achaemenid Empire (941-1185) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش های تاریخی, 2013
The present study aims at revealing economic role and importance of the residents of western Satraps during Achaemenid Empire, taking advantage of an analytical viewpoint.
MK Yusef Jamali, N Jadidi, AA Shahabadi
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Zenon’s flour: grains of truth from Tel Kedesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
According to one of the Zenon papyri, In 259 BCE the Ptolemaic courier Zenon stopped at the site of Kedesh, located today in northern Israel, to pick up some flour.
Berlin, Andrea
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