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Cyrus Takes Babylon: The Nabonidus Chronicle

The Chronicle of Nabonidus tells us the story of the rule of the last king of independent Babylonia. The text is badly damaged and contains many lacunas. However, it makes clear that the rise of Cyrus was not unexpected. We meet him for the first time in Nabonidus' sixth year (=550 BCE), when he defeats the Median leader Astyages. A second referenc...

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Persian Period in Anatolia and Asia Minor

Medes and Persians who, in the 13th C. BCE, entered Northwest Persia via Caucasus were of Indo-European origin. Medes settled first in the Ecbatana region (today's Hamadan), and Persians settled in the mountainous Zagros region later they moved to another area called Parthia. Medes and Persians were first mentioned in the annals of Assyrians in abo...

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Ancient Soul of Iran - National Geographic

Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran "" National Geographic Magazine Iran Archaeology. What's so striking about the ruins of Persepolis in southern Iran, an ancient capital of the Persian Empire that was burned down after being conquered by Alexander the Great, is the absence of violent imagery on what's left of its stone walls. Among the carvings there a...

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Map of Ancient Iran Depicting the Achaemenid Category

Achaemenid Persia, one of the most significant empires in ancient history, left a lasting impact on the region of Iran. The Achaemenid category on the map of ancient Iran showcases the vast territories and administrative divisions of this powerful empire. The Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE, encompassed a diver...

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Women in Ancient Persia, 559–331 BC

Questia. Book by Maria Brosius; Clarendon Press,1998, 260 pgs. This book discusses Greek attitudes towards the royal women of the Achaemenid court ( 559-331 BC). It also attempts to look at the position of royal and non-royal women from a Near Eastern view point by examining the evidence of the Fortification texts from Persepolis and Neo-Babylonian...

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Iran - Medes/Median Dynasty 728 -550 BC

Iran - Medes/Median Dynasty 728 - 550 BC Iran's Medes/Median Dynasty, lasting from 728 to 550 BC, played a significant role in shaping the history of the region. The Medes, an ancient Iranian people, established their empire in western and northwestern Iran. They were known for their military prowess and their strategic alliances. Under the rule ...

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The History of Medicine in Ancient Persia

By Hedieh Ghavidel, Press TV, Tehran The history of medicine in Iran is as old and as rich as its civilization. In the Avesta, science and medicine rise above class, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender and religion. Some of the earliest practices of ancient Iranian medicine have been documented in the Avesta and other Zoroastrian religious texts. ...

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Achaemenid Persia

Introduction. Persia is an alternate, though unofficial name for the country of Iran, its people, its art and its ancient empire. The early Persians were one of several Aryan tribes that settled in the Iranian plateau. The Persians settled into the southern region of the plateau, while the Medes occupied the north western portion. Herodotus tells u...

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Cyrus Takes Babylon: The Verse Account

The question what Nabonidus was doing in TemÃ- will probably remain unsolved for ever. From the following text, we may deduce that during his life time, there were strong rumors that the king suffered from a mental illness and proposed a religious reform (preferring the Moon god Sin to all other gods). These rumors were used by the author of theVer...

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Iran Chamber Society: When Persia became Iran

In 1935 the Iranian government requested those countries which it had diplomatic relations with, to call Persia "Iran," which is the name of the country in Persian. The suggestion for the change is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to Germany, who came under the influence of the Nazis. At the time Germany was in the grip of racial fever...

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