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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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Status of Astronomical Symbols in Ancient Iranian Art (from Prehistoric Era to the End of the Achaemenid Period) [PDF]
پیکره, 2019 Ancient Iranian astronomers with strong astronomical motives and divine prophecies have always sought to relate celestial phenomena to human behaviors.
Mahtab Mobini, parisa Rezai Marnani
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 907-917, October 2025.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing posts, reposts and comments made on X after the Hamas‐led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 using the hashtag #IraniansStandWithIsrael, the paper ...
Ladan Rahbari
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
Constellations, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 394-403, September 2025.ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1106-1119, August 2025.ABSTRACT Desertification in North Africa has progressed rapidly over the past 6000 years. The occupation of Egypt by the Achaemenid Persians and Romans occurred even in hyperarid climates. Understanding the process of environmental changes on a regional scale may improve knowledge of how people developed technologies and adapted to the natural ...
Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kamei
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Paradise, a Memory of Iranvij [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2017 Paradise is a word from ancient Iran which has entered Persian language and then from Iranian languages into all other languages in the world. The concept of paradise affected Islamic thought; though its concept has been altered in this outlook ...
Zeinab Khosravi
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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The Position of Susa in Comparison with Perspolis during Achaemenid Era [PDF]
پژوهش 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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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 507-524, July/September 2025.ABSTRACT The burial mounds of the early Iron Age, which we will refer to below as kurgans, from the nomadic equestrian warriors of Eurasia, form a very complex group of archaeological monuments. Archaeological excavations in Aržan 2 (Siberia) and Aleksandropol (Ukraine) show that the large burial mounds are complex architectural constructions.
Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Anton Gass
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Figurines in Achaemenid Period Yehud
, 2017 Figurinen im achämenidischen Jehud. Die Religionsgeschichte Jerusalems und Koroplastik in der Monotheismus-Debatte.
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