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An Analysis of Manichaeism as the First Ideological Challenge During the Sasanian Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2022
With the establishment of the Sasanian empire, Ardashir became the heir to the feudal and lenient legacy of the Parthians. He sought to establish political and religious centralism under his reign.
Azim Shahbakhsh
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A Study of Parthian Fortifications.... [PDF]

open access: yesمجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2016
The main problem for knowing pre-Islamic architecture is the lack of architectural remains, especially during the Parthian period (247 B.C- 224 A.D), a period in which archaeological remains are really rare, and today most of the remains lie outside the ...
Alireza Khosrowzadeh   +1 more
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Armenia and Armenians in Roman Numismatics

open access: yesElectrum, 2021
Ancient Armenian sources are very scarce and do not permit a thorough understanding of Ancient Armenia. For this reason, all available sources relevant to Armenia need to be consid­ered and studied.
Anahide Kéfélian
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Glass in Late Antiquity in the Near East [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
© 2007 Brill The document attached has been archived with permission from the publisher. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.This paper seeks to explore some of the possible connections between three late antique strands of glass ...
O'Hea, M.
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Gorgan, Great Wall of [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The “Great Wall of Gorgan,” also, erroneously, known as “Alexander's Wall,” runs from the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea for at least 195 km eastward, into the Elburz ...
Sauer, Eberhard
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The Parthians between Rome and China

open access: yesAkademisk Kvarter, 2012
Following the expansion westwards of the Chinese Han Empire at the end of the 1st century AD the Parthian kingdom entered China’s political horizon.
Leonardo Gregoratti
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The Predatory Palace: Seneca’s Thyestes and the Architecture of Tyranny [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Brill via http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004283893_011The author would like to acknowledge the assistance during the period when this article was written of the Social Sciences ...
Unruh, Daniel B
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PALMYRA AS IT ONCE WAS: 3D VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION AND VISUALIZATION OF AN IRREPLACABLE LOST TREASURE [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017
Palmyra was a mosaic which was composed through its colourful past, by Assyrians, Parthians, Greeks and Romans. For centuries, the spectacular ruins and impressive panorama of the antique city used to captivate and inspire the visitors as the witnesses ...
A. Denker
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The Decline of Ptolemaic Elephant Hunting: An Analysis of the Contributory Factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
After the death of Alexander the Great in 323, his successors (diadochi) engaged in a series of internecine struggles to take control of the territory he had conquered.
Cobb, Matthew
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Investigating the literary aspects of Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan in comparison with its new Greek narrative [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ ادبیات, 2010
Recently, a new Greek version of Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan has been found, which is considered to be the oldest historical epic in Persian prose.
محمدرضا امینی
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