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The Achaemenid Expansion to the Indus and Alexander’s Invasion of North-West South Asia [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2012
There is a range of evidence that informs us about the organisation of the Achaemenid Empire, but our understanding ofthe eastern-most reaches of the empire, which lie within the bounds of modern-day Pakistan is relatively limited. Whilethere is evidence
Cameron Petrie, Peter Magee
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Yau̯nā and Sakā: Identity Constructions at the Margins of the Achaemenid Empire

open access: yesStudia 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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Remarks on Nehemiah and the Idea of “Overtaxation” in Persian Yehud

open access: yesVaria História, 2022
This article aims at providing a brief overview of the historiographic writings on Achaemenid taxation, showing how the thesis of overtaxation influenced our understanding of Neh. 5 and Persian Yehud in the 5th century BCE.
Matheus TREUK MEDEIROS DE ARAUJO
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Herodotus’ Perspective on the Persian Empire

open access: yesElectrum, 2022
This paper reviews the different models commonly used in understanding Herodotus’evidence on the Achaemenid Persian empire. It suggests that these approaches—for example, the assessment of Herodotus’
Thomas Harrison
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Playing with Peace: Solomon as the Man of Peace and Rest, and the Temple as the House of Rest

open access: yesReligions, 2021
It is well-known that the notions of peace, rest and order belonged to the royal Achaemenid ideology, particularly from the time of Darius I onwards. This can be witnessed in Achaemenid architecture, iconography and royal inscriptions.
Louis C. Jonker
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 158-172, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
wiley   +1 more source

Dry communication roads in the Achaemenid period [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش های تاریخی, 2016
With the formation of the Achaemenid Empire (559-331 BC) large areas with different peoples and traditions were under the command of Iran. Manage these different areas require a lot of Equipped communication roads to facilitate access to all areas of the
sahmeddin khazaee
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The politics of street names: Reconstructing Iran’s collective identity

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 122-143, September 2023., 2023
Abstract With the radical political change in 1979, Iran's revolutionary state assumed the responsibility of re‐rewriting the past history to forge a new sense of belonging, a particularly collective religious (Shia) identity. It launched a complex process of forgetting and remembering to first eliminate the national (Persian), non‐religious memories ...
Ehsan Kashfi
wiley   +1 more source

A Partial Decipherment of the Unknown Kushan Script*

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 293-329, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered in an area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most inscriptions can be dated to the period from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, yet all attempts at decipherment have so far been unsuccessful.
Svenja Bonmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

REFLECTION AND RECTIFICATION OF THE SACRAL PALACE CEREMONIAL "PROSKYNESIS" AT THE COURT OF THE ASSYRIAN AND ACHAEMENID RULERS

open access: yesVìsnik - Kiïvsʹkij nacìonalʹnij unìversitet ìmenì Tarasa Ševčenka: Ìstorìâ, 2021
The palace ceremonial "proskynesis" (gr. – προσκύνησις) – which consisted of a kiss and a bow – was considered and interpreted. A comparison of ancient Eastern traditions at the royal court of Assyrian and Achaemenid rulers is highlighted.
Baulina K.
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