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The Foundation of Philo-Persianism in Classical Greek World

open access: yesJournal of Universal History Studies, 2019
The establishment of the Achaemenid Empire as the most important occurrence of the 6th century B.C. changed all of cultural and social parameters in the most important civilization centres of the ancient world.
Farzad Abedi
doaj   +1 more source

Reverberations of Persepolis: Persianist Readings of Late Roman Wall Decoration

open access: yesArts, 2023
Animal combats (venationes) were a popular entertainment in the Roman world. Splashy panels of inlaid marble (opus sectile) commemorate these bloody contests in several buildings in and around Rome.
Stephanie A. Hagan
doaj   +1 more source

La razón de Estado en la política religiosa de los reyes Aqueménidas: ¿tolerancia o intolerancia religiosa?

open access: yesGerión, 2006
Two words would summarize what characterized the religious policy during the two centuries of the Achaemenid Empire: tolerance and party utilization.
Israel Campos Méndez
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Reflection of mythological concepts in Achaemenid art jewelry [PDF]

open access: yesمجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2020
The Reflection of Mythological Concepts in Achaemenid Jewelry Art*                                                          1. Introduction jewelry art along with other arts of the Achaemenid era represent the glory of Cyrus the Great and his ...
arezoo asadi, farangis darvishi
doaj   +1 more source

DARIUS I (522–486 BCE) AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF HIS POWER THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE APADANA PALACE IN SUSA

open access: yesگۆڤارا زانستێن مرۆڤایەتی یا زانكۆیا زاخۆ
The Apadana Palace (The Palace of Assemblies) was built by the order of Darius I of the Achaemenid Empire in 521 BC in the city of Susa, the capital of Elam.
Kalthuma Abdul Wahid
doaj   +1 more source

Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ON THE ETHNIC STRUCTURE OF MEDIA [PDF]

open access: yesBanber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2019
The study of the history of Media is very significant for Armenia too, as the past of both countries is closely related to each other in different historical periods. In the following article the information about the Gelae, the Mardi, the Anariacae, the
Khorikyan Hovhannes
doaj   +1 more source

Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Globalization and the Study of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

open access: yes, 2017
This essay examines what the paradigm of 'globalization' can tell us about the Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 550-330 BCE)
Henry Colburn
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