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Genetic Continuity of Bronze Age Ancestry with Increased Steppe-Related Ancestry in Late Iron Age Uzbekistan. [PDF]

open access: yesMol Biol Evol, 2021
Kumar V   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Early Seleucids

open access: yes
This book offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of the ideology of kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids. It explores key issues thematically such as legitimation, representations of empire and
Stephen Harrison
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Achaemenid "ritual architecture" vs. "religious architecture": Reflections on the elusive archaeological evidence of the religion of the Achaemenids. Appendix by A. Askari Chaverdi, P Callieri: the monumental buidling of Tol-e Ajori (pp. 394-97).

open access: yes, 2017
In the frame of the congress dedicated by the Collège de France to the issue of the religion of Iran during the Achaemenid period, the author was asked to present a contribution regarding the archaeological evidence of Achaemenid age regarding religion.
Callieri Pierfrancesco
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Building barbarian belief: religion, nomos, and tolerance in Herodotus' Histories

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis demonstrates that Herodotus employed a coherent and consistent underlying theology which is visible in religious interactions of different ethnic groups.
Christopher Michael. Weimer
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Space

open access: yes, 2013
This chapter contextualizes Islam's early history by proposing an eastward shift of emphasis. It revises the geographical framework; the Mediterranean world of the Greeks and Romans is replaced by the “Eurasian Hinge,” a triptych of regions with the ...
Garth Fowden
core   +1 more source

The Paradox of Allegiances: Alexander I of Macedon and Persian Power [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This article considers the impact of the European campaigns of successive Persian kings on the development of early Macedon. The focus is on the challenges that the Argeads faced from the end of the sixth century BCE, as they sought to establish a ...
Moloney, Eoghan
core   +1 more source

Persépolis, ¿arquitectura celestial o terrenal?

open access: yes, 2021
Persepolis, one of the Achaemenid empire capitals has been seen as a secret and ritual city, designed for the celebration of the Zoroastrian New Year Festival or Now Ruz on the vernal equinox. The silence of the classic authors, of the biblical books and
García Sánchez, Manel
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Ancient Cities and Fortresses of Northern Bactria

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
Ancient Bactria held a significant place in the history of the peoples of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and India. This country encompassed the southern parts of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, as well as the northern regions of Afghanistan.
Saypulla N. Tursunov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-Achaemenid Legacy of the Persian Gulf Hinterland

open access: yes, 2017
The archaeological site of Tomb-e Bot, located in the Mohr County of southern Fars Province, is a major settlement of Arsacid and Sasanid date. The site was selected for detailed investigation from among the 76 sites recorded by the general survey of ...
Alireza Askari Chaverdi
core   +1 more source

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