State Formation in Ancient Iran: Transition from Mythological Age to the establishment of Achaemenid State [PDF]
A controversial concept, state is a single denominator with diverse and multifaceted models, as well as a contentious phenomenon with numerous problems in meaning, concept and application.
Shoja Ahmadvand, Ahmad Reza Bordbar
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The Birth of the Bazaar in the Iranian City: An Assessment of the Hypotheses on the Emergence of the First Bazaars in Iran [PDF]
For thousands of years, the diverse needs of human beings have been met through the exchange of products with others. This has led to the construction of designated spaces and places called bazaars in various forms.
Mohammadsaleh Shokouhi Bidhendi +1 more
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A Critical Study of the Order of the Great Cyrus on the basis of Historical Resources [PDF]
:There are many researches and assumptions about the family's dependence and dependence during the first Achaemenid period. In the Oriental historiography, sometimes a legendary and mythic texture, the recognition of the descendants and descendants and ...
Javad Choopanian
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Reflection of mythological concepts in Achaemenid art jewelry [PDF]
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
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Regional History and the Coin Finds from Assur From the Achaemenids to the Nineteenth Century, by S. Heidemann and K. Butcher. Harrassowitz Verlag 2017. Wissenschaftliche Vero?ffentlichung der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 148. 174pp., 2 diagrams, 15 ill.
Warren C. Schultz
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Herodotus on Bactria between Achaemenid Mobility and Alexander’s campaign. Some reflections [PDF]
Thanks to a recent monographic study by Chiara Matarese we are now able to understand more clearly both the reasons and the goals of a phenomenon, that of the so-called ‘deportations’ characteristic of the Achaemenid empire.
Marco Ferrario
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The political, religious and economic position of the Mehrnarseh family in the Sassanid government [PDF]
At the beginning of the third century AD, the Sasanians arose from the province of Pars, the birthplace of the Achaemenids, and established a government in which the Zoroastrian clergy and Nejadeh families had a special position. In the Sasanian history,
Iraj Rajabi +3 more
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A Note on the Creation Formula in Zechariah 12:1–8; Isaiah 42:5–6; and Old Persian Inscriptions [PDF]
This note explores whether the influence of the Old Persian creation formula as well as its underlying theology can be seen in biblical texts. The particular focus is on Zech 12:1–8 and Isa 42:5–6.
Christine Mitchell
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?
Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Charles Cournault’s Call for a ‘Persian Museum’ at the Louvre [PDF]
In 1857, the French artist Charles Cournault published a plea for a French mission to Persepolis. The aimof the mission was to obtain examples of relief sculpture, like those he had seen in the British Museum, for theLouvre Museum.
Daniel Thomas Potts
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