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Expression OF the First Central Asian State Titles in Material Sources

open access: yes, 2021
Based on Avesto sources, this article summarizes the titles used for the highest rulers in Central Asia before the Achaemenids - "Kavi", "Genius of All Geniuses" and "En", "Ensi", "Lugal". .
Shaymardanov, A. Z. (Azamat)
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Imaginations of Persian Power and Kingship in 1 Esdras

open access: yesJournal of Hebrew Scriptures
In this paper, the Story of the Three Bodyguards in 1 Esdras 3–4 is related to Persian royal power and rule as imagined in this Hellenistic-period rewriting.
Maximilian Häberlein
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Bows and Spears in Achaemenid Persia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
My dissertation focuses on weaponry in the Achaemenid Persian Empire (ca. 550-330 BC), with an emphasis on bows and spears. Scholars have long recognized the importance of archery in the ancient Near East generally, and the Achaemenid Empire more ...
White, James
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Unvanquished Demetrios

open access: yesKaranos
In the now famous Külob inscriptions from Taǧikistān, the son of Euthydemos I of Baktria, Prince Demetrios, is celebrated as “glorious in victory” (παῖς καλλἰνικος), a testament to his role in the defense against the encroaching Antiochos III: a ...
Marco Ferrario
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Potere e territorio : Gli Achemenidi nei Geographikà di Strabone [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Although posterity knew Strabo only as the “Geographer,” he nonetheless conceived the Geographikà as a complement to his Historikà hypomnemata, a continuation of the Histories of Polybius.
Omar Coloru, Coloru, Omar, Omar, Coloru
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Darius in the Mirror of Sesostris; Reconstructing the Achievements of Darius I Based on the Deeds Attributed to Pharaoh Sesostris in Greco-Roman Sources [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری
Darius I successfully established himself as a world conqueror and ruler in the minds of both his contemporaries and later generations through his actions, to such an extent that the Egyptians compared one of the most prominent figures in their own ...
Amin Babadi
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Genetic continuity of Indo-Iranian speakers since the Iron Age in southern Central Asia. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2022
Guarino-Vignon P   +4 more
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Cherchez la femme: Power and Female Agency in Bactriaat the dawn of the Hellenistic Age

open access: yesKaranos, 2020
Due prominently to the scanty nature of evidence on the ground attesting to an imperial presence which, however, historiographical sources claim to have been real and lasting over time, the satrapy of Bactria (roughly embracing northeastern Afghanistan ...
Marco Ferrario
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European Elements in the Military Culture and Weapon Use in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesИсторическое оружиеведение, 2020
The article is devoted to the contacts between Iran and different European countries in the field of weapon use and warfare. The author traces the presence of European arms and military forces in the armies of Iran starting from the days of the ...
Dr. Elena I. Malozyomova
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