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Art of the Achaemenid Empire, and Art in the Achaemenid Empire
2013This chapter is an introduction to two of the major aspects of the study of Achaemenid Persian art, namely its definition, and the analysis of quotations of other artistic traditions. Achaemenid art is best defined as consisting of two categories of material. One is the art of the empire, i.e. art produced in furtherance of imperial goals.
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“Achaemenid Peace”: A Historiographical Construct and Achaemenid Imperial Ideology
ISTORIYA, 2023The article deals with the historiographical construct of the “Achaemenid Peace”, referred to by modern researchers as Pax Achaemenica (alternative designation — Pax Achaemenidica) and Pax Persica (alternative designation — Pax Persiana) by analogy with Pax Romana and Pax Augusta.
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Religion Compass, 2014
Abstract “Achaemenid religion” was the religion of the rulers of Iran in the second half of the first millennium BCE and the local form of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of the Iranians. The earliest form of Zoroastrianism is known from the Avesta, their sacred texts, which probably originated in the last half of the second and ...
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Abstract “Achaemenid religion” was the religion of the rulers of Iran in the second half of the first millennium BCE and the local form of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of the Iranians. The earliest form of Zoroastrianism is known from the Avesta, their sacred texts, which probably originated in the last half of the second and ...
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2005
Abstract Panhellenists delighted to sneer at Persia and Persians, especially at their military performance. Isocrates above all argued that whether Persia was strong or weak the Greeks should unite in attacking it but that in fact Persia would be easily overcome (cf. 4. 139–57). This was not, he conceded (4. 138, 5.
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Abstract Panhellenists delighted to sneer at Persia and Persians, especially at their military performance. Isocrates above all argued that whether Persia was strong or weak the Greeks should unite in attacking it but that in fact Persia would be easily overcome (cf. 4. 139–57). This was not, he conceded (4. 138, 5.
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The Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid ceramics of Qaleh Kali, Iran
2014The archaeology of Achaemenid (c. 550 – 330 BCE) Iran has, until quite recently, been dominated by the excavations of the royal capitals: Persepolis, Pasargadae and Susa. While these sites provide invaluable information regarding aspects of Achaemenid culture, particularly monumental (palatial) architecture and sculpture, there are comparatively few ...
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2009
Abstract The Achaemenid (Persian) Empire was the largest of all ancient Near Eastern “world empires,” spanning from Egypt to Central Asia and the Indus region. Its formation began after 550 B.C.E. when the petty king Cyrus of Anshan/Fars in southwestern Iran and his son Cambyses conquered the mighty Medes and the empires of Lydia ...
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Abstract The Achaemenid (Persian) Empire was the largest of all ancient Near Eastern “world empires,” spanning from Egypt to Central Asia and the Indus region. Its formation began after 550 B.C.E. when the petty king Cyrus of Anshan/Fars in southwestern Iran and his son Cambyses conquered the mighty Medes and the empires of Lydia ...
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