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Review of Manning (2021) Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire Ferrario Review

Karanos, 2021
Review of Manning (2021) Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire Ferrario ...
Marco Ferrario
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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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Economic role and position of the residents of western Sapras in Iran during Achaemenid Empire (941-1185) [PDF]

پژوهش 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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The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 B.C [PDF]

, 2023
The Achaemenid Persian empire was the largest that the ancient world had seen, extending from Anatolia and Egypt across western Asia to northern India and Central Asia.
Irfan Ajvazi
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Remarks on Nehemiah and the Idea of “Overtaxation” in Persian Yehud

Varia 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

Electrum, 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

Religions, 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?

Arabian 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
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Dry communication roads in the Achaemenid period [PDF]

پژوهش 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

Studies 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
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