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Resistance in a \u27Culture of Permission:\u27 Sociological Readings of the Correspondence with Persian Authorities in Ezra 1-7

, 1996
The first six chapters of the book of Ezra center around an alleged correspondence between the Persian Emporer\u27s court and the local authorities of Palestine under Persian rule.
Smith-Christopher, Daniel L.
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The Foundation of Philo-Persianism in Classical Greek World

Journal 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
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Modeling resilience and sustainability in ancient agricultural systems [PDF]

, 2015
The reasons why people adopt unsustainable agricultural practices, and the ultimate environmental implications of those practices, remain incompletely understood in the present world.
Allcock S. L., Anderies J. M., Atalay I., Bar-Yosef O., Casana J., Childe V. G., Clutton-Brock J., Cumming G. S., Diamond J., DiBattista A., Fisher C. T., Flannery K. V., Ford R. I., Gallant T. W., Goldman A. L., Gunderson L. H., Gunderson L. H., Helbaek H., Hillman G. C., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Hunn E., Hunt T. L., John M. Marston, Liu J., Marston J. M., Marston J. M., McAnany P. A., McAnany P. A., Miller F., Miller N. F., Mitchell S., Peeples M. A., Piperno D. R., Redman C. L., Redman C. L., Redman C. L., Renfrew J. M., Rose C. B., Rosen A. M., Scheffer M., Smith M. L., Tainter J. A., Tainter J. A., Ucko P. J., van der Veen M., van Zeist, van Zeist W, Voigt M. M., Voigt M. M., Walker B., Walker B., Walker B., Walker B., Westley F., Zeder M. A., Zeder M. A., Zohary M.   +58 more
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The Administrative Role of the Royal Woman Irtašduna Based on the Persepolis Tablets [PDF]

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This study examined the economic and social status of Irtašduna, the daughter of Cyrus the Great and wife of Darius I, within the administrative and bureaucratic framework of the Achaemenid Empire.
Hedieh Eskandari, Assistant Professor Hossein Badamchi   +1 more
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Heroisation or divinisation of men? Some remarks on the Greek interpretation of the ancient Iranian cults of the frauuaši

Mythos
The aim of this article is to reappraise the features of the ancient Iranian cults for men to highlight the main differences with the Greek ones. For instance, authors such as Herodotus or Theopompus, gave interesting insights in the liturgies and the ...
Lorenzo Paoletti
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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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Applications of Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) in Archaeology

, 2012
Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) has been used to study samples of archaeological gold, silver, copper and bronze prepared using simple metallographic etches. EBSD maps of orientation and local misorientation revealed the metals’ microstructures
Northover, J. P., Northover, S. M.
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Plants as Symbols of Power in the Achaemenid Iconography of Ancient Persian Monuments. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Caneva G, Lazzara A, Hosseini Z.
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A city and its landscape across time: Samarkand in the ancient Sogdiana (Uzbekistan) [PDF]

, 2017
Located in the heartland of Central Asia, Samarkand has always been an economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious hub along the ancient Silk Road.
Mantellini, S.
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Eastern Iran in the Achaemenid Period

, 2013
The author deals with the archaeological evidence of the Achaemenid period in eastern Iran. This evidence is limited, rare and contradictory with regard to the historical importance of the eastern provinces of the Empire. The territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is ambiguous too and in this regard the cultural background of the different ...
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