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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 Use of Treaties in the Achaemenid Empire [PDF]

, 2017
Starting in the mid-fifth century BCE, the Achaemenid Persian empire entered into a series of treaties with various Greek city-states. While treaties had often been used across the Ancient Near East prior to the Persian conquests, they did not play a ...
Beckman, Daniel
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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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Unvanquished Demetrios

Karanos
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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European Elements in the Military Culture and Weapon Use in Iran [PDF]

Историческое 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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Regional onset of Holocene drying period estimated from sand deposit analyses in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1106-1119, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Desertification in North Africa has progressed rapidly over the past 6000 years. The occupation of Egypt by the Achaemenid Persians and Romans occurred even in hyperarid climates. Understanding the process of environmental changes on a regional scale may improve knowledge of how people developed technologies and adapted to the natural ...
Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kamei
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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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The Architecture of Large Kurgans of the Scythians and Their Periphery: A Challenge for Magnetometer Prospections in the Eurasian Steppe Belt

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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« Religion and Burial Customs », in : J. Curtis & N. Tallis, eds., Forgotten Empire. The world of Ancient Persia. London, The British Museum Press, 2005, pp. 150-180. [PDF]

, 2007
A first part of this chapter is devoted to religious issues. Despite the many textual and iconographical remains, several issues on the religion of the Achaemenid kings are still not solved. E.g.
Daems, Aurélie
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The Fire Cult During the Achaemenid Period

Anadolu Araştırmaları
This study examines the sacredness of fire, temple structures, cult, and the relationship between fire temples and the cult of Anāhitā during the Achaemenid Kingdom period.
Elif Hatice İlkkurşun
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