THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE ARSACIDS’ DESCENT FROM THE ACHAEMENIDS: MYTH OR REALITY? [PDF]
Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2021 In the 40s of the last century, J. Wolski proposed a thesis, still dominant in historiography, arguing that the story of Arrian which reached us thanks to his work “Parthica” that the Arsacid dynasty, the founder of Parthian state, descended from the ...
Arthur Melikyan
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Despite Iran’s longstanding reputation for sustainable water management, the country currently faces mounting water-related challenges caused by population growth, industrial development, urban sprawl, lifestyle changes, climate change, territorial ...
Masoud Saatsaz, Abolfazl Rezaei
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Comparing maternal genetic variation across two millennia reveals the demographic history of an ancient human population in southwest Turkey. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2016 More than two decades of archaeological research at the site of Sagalassos, in southwest Turkey, resulted in the study of the former urban settlement in all its features.
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Art of the Achaemenid Empire, and Art in the Achaemenid Empire [PDF]
, 2013 This 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.
Henry Colburn
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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]
صفه, 2023 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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The Prosopography of Cyrus the Younger's Mercenaries: Officers of Recruiter [PDF]
تحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران, 2023 Cyrus the Younger in his unsuccessful attempt to to get the royal throne and crown from his brother Artaxerxes II, enlisted a great body of mercenaries with help of his friend Greek officers.
Vazir Menbari, Roozbeh Zarrinkoob
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Reflection of mythological concepts in Achaemenid art jewelry [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2020 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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A Critical Review on the Book The Persians by Maria Brosius [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2021 Despite the prominent place of ancient Iranian civilizations in the study of the history of the Ancient Near East, it has been overshadowed by an overwhelmingly hostile press that is embedded in the European tradition originated in Greco-Roman sources ...
Sa’di Saeedyan
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The political, religious and economic position of the Mehrnarseh family in the Sassanid government [PDF]
تحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران, 2023 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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Symbological Investigation and Analysis of Fire Motifs in Pre-Islamic Iran: Emphasizing Works of the Median and Achaemenid Periods [PDF]
پیکره, 2022 Problem Definition: By observing the status of fire and fire-place in the reliefs of works left by the kings of the Medes and Achaemenids, it could be understood that fire had a very high and sacred position in Pre-Islamic Iran.
Hoori Davoudi, Zahra Hosseinabadi
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