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The History of Computing in Iran (Persia)—Since the Achaemenid Empire
Technologies, 2022 Persia was the early name for the territory that is currently recognized as Iran. Iran’s proud history starts with the Achaemenid Empire, which began in the 6th century BCE (c. 550).
Arash Heidari +2 more
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Yau̯nā and Sakā: Identity Constructions at the Margins of the Achaemenid Empire
Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2021 The Achaemenid Empire can be reasonably considered an “empire of peoples” from both an ideological and structural perspective. It included all the lands of the peoples of the world and all people helped to maintain imperial order and prosperity.
Silvia Balatti
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Art of the Achaemenid Empire, and Art in the Achaemenid Empire [PDF]
, 2013 This chapter is an introduction to two of the major aspects of the study of Achaemenid Persian art, namely its definition, and the analysis of quotations of other artistic traditions. Achaemenid art is best defined as consisting of two categories of material. One is the art of the empire, i.e. art produced in furtherance of imperial goals.
Henry Colburn
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Hazarapatiš in the Achaemenid Empire: A Commander or Usher?
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные наукиThis article explores the official duties of the hazarapat (hazarapatiš) at the court of the Achaemenid kings and defines the relationship between the terms chiliarch (χιλíαρχος) and isangeleus (εἰσαγγελεύς), both used for this Persian title, in the ...
E. S. Onischenko
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Achaemenid Empire and Agibi Firm [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2013 Documents and tablets from cities located in Mesopotamia acknowledge huge firms which were engaged in different business and economic activities. Firms whose archives draw light on Persian conquest of Mesopotamia, land allocation to Persians, forming ...
AA Mirzayi
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Connectivity and Communication in the Achaemenid Empire [PDF]
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 2013 Abstract The vast territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is often assumed to have impeded connectivity and communication within the empire. This paper challenges the validity of this assumption. Two factors in particular favor this conclusion—the presence of an extensive road network and the high communication speed in the empire, made possible ...
Henry Colburn
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The legal system of the Achaemenid Empire in the biblical tradition
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные наукиThis article examines the ways the legal system of the Achaemenid Empire is represented in the biblical tradition, focusing on the Books of Ezra and Esther, which provide the most important information about the Achaemenid law.
E. V. Rung
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“Invisible” or “inaccessible”: The problem of contacting the king in the Achaemenid Empire
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные наукиIn this article, the phenomenon of “invisibility” / “inaccessibility” of the Persian kings in the Achaemenid Empire and its coverage in ancient historiography are examined.
E. S. Onischenko
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The image of Asiatic Achaemenid empire according to the conversation of Lysis by Plato [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2023 The Socratic conversation of "Lysis" is one of the first works of Plato. In this conversation Achaemenid empire and issues related to it were mentioned twice.
Farzad Rafieifar +2 more
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Review and Analysis of Security Reforms of Darius the Great [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2021 Introduction Establishing security is one of the most important issues in any society, so that if a government fails to establish the security of its citizens, all activities will be disrupted and life will be impossible.
karim golshanirad
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