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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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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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KaranosThis article aims to survey the sources on the Frataraka to examine their historical role. Initially, we will provide a concise overview of the academic community's contributions and the status quaestionis, presenting the primary testimonies available ...
Raúl Navas-Moreno
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Formation of the premier foundations of globalization in Achaemenid period with a religious approach [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2015 In this article it is tried to show how the emersion of Zoroaster's religious thoughts, created new concepts in political thoughts and power relations in Iran. Although this process had been emerged in the light of common interests and common enemy among
Esmaeil Sangari, Alireza Karbasi
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Les communautés grecques en Babylonie (viie – iiie s. av. J.-C.)
Pallas, 2012 Aux époques néo-assyrienne (728-626 av. J.-C.) et néo-babylonienne (626-539 av. J.-C.), la présence de communautés grecques en Babylonie semble avoir été principalement le résultat de déportations.
Julien Monerie
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Alexander III’s Empire: Macedonian, Achaemenid or Oecumenic Greek? [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 In less than twelve years (334–323 BC) Alexander the Great built a vast empire stretching from Macedon in the West to Ancient India in the East. Alexander united the then known world and its different populations under a single political institution, but
Guendalina D.M. Taietti
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Material Profiling of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals by Raman Spectroscopy
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 228-242, March 2025.Mesopotamian cylinder seals (fourth ‐ first millennium bce) from the collection of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectral analysis identified the mineral constituents and quantitatively determined the chemical compositions of the
Stylianos Aspiotis +5 more
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Male homoerotic practices in Achaemenid Persia: an overview
Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento OcidentalDescriptions of Ancient Persian male homoeroticism come mainly from Classical sources, which, however, seem to present divergent testimonies regarding this practice.
Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo
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Achaemenid Empire and Agibi Firm [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2013 Documents and tablets from cities located in Mesopotamia acknowledge huge firms which were engaged in different business and economic activities. Firms whose archives draw light on Persian conquest of Mesopotamia, land allocation to Persians, forming ...
AA Mirzayi
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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