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The Evolution of Iran as a National State
Belleten, 1975 The Persian Empire, the foundation of which by Cyrus the Great we are now celebrating, was dissolved as the result of the Greek invasion under Alexander; it was restored, some five and a half centuries later, by the native ...
John Andrew Boyle
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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Ctesias in the Achaemenid Persia? [PDF]
Graeco-Latina Brunensia, 2021 This paper focuses on the life and works of Ctesias of Cnidus, a Greek physician living at the Achaemenid court during the reign of Artaxerxes II. Ctesias was the author of the important work on Persian history, customs, and court life called Persica. He spent many years in the Achaemenid Empire and summarized his experience and studies in his seminal ...
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Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 6, Page 1547-1564, December 2025.Abstract This study presents a comprehensive approach to provenancing ancient silver artefacts, introducing a novel algorithm to correct for mass‐dependent isotope fractionation. Applied to a Pb isotope database of 281 Hacksilber samples from southern Levantine hoards (1700–600 BCE) and compared with approximately 7000 galena ores from Spain to Iran ...
Francis Albarede +4 more
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“Tabula Rasa” planning: creative destruction and building a new urban identity in Tehran [PDF]
, 2017 The concept of Tabula Rasa, as a desire for sweeping renewal and creating a potential site for the construction of utopian dreams, is presupposition of Modern Architecture.
Mehan, Asma
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Walka Wschodu i Zachodu w literaturze greckiej od Herodota do Prokopiusza z Gazy
Vox Patrum, 2003 Herodotus presented the conflicts between Europe and Asia on both the mythological and historical level and made them one of the main structural and ideological components of his work.
Tomasz Polański
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 138-196, November 2025.ABSTRACT The site of Dadan, in the al‐ʿUlā valley, is one of the major and longest‐settled ancient oasis settlements in northwest Arabia. As part of the Saudi‐French Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA), a study of its pre‐Islamic ceramic assemblage has been underway since 2020.
Shadi Shabo +2 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 907-917, October 2025.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing posts, reposts and comments made on X after the Hamas‐led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 using the hashtag #IraniansStandWithIsrael, the paper ...
Ladan Rahbari
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
Constellations, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 394-403, September 2025.ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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