Manners and Customs

Medicine in Avesta and Ancient Iran

One of the earliest lawmakers in the history of civilization is the Babylonian king, Hammurabi (1728-1686 B.C.. A total of 282 laws known as the code of Hammurabi have been recognized. (1) The code clearly illustrates its influence in the Judaic and Islamic laws. Law no: 218 states: "If a physician performed a major operation on a seignior with bro...

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Economy in the Achaemenid Period

The Achaemenid empire, extending from the Indus river to the Aegean sea, comprised such economically developed countries as Egypt, Syria, Phoenicia, Babylonia, Elam, and Asia Minor, lands which had their long traditions of social institutions, as well as Sakai, Massagetai, Lycians, Libyans, Nubians and other tribes undergoing the disintegration of ...

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Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C

by Maria Brosius. 260 pgs. Questia Book. Clarendon Press Oxford Publication...

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Rituals of Iran, Marriage Ceremony, History And Symbolism

The Iranian wedding ceremony despite itslocal and regional variations, like many other rituals in the country goesback to the ancient Zoroastrian tradition. This was the religion of Iranbefore the advent of Islam 1400 years ago. Though the concepts and theoryof the marriage have changed drastically by Quran and Islamic traditions,the actual ceremon...

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Achaemenids Laws and Justice

Cyrus II and Darius I introduce each number of new laws. These, particularly civil law, based on the law ancient Persian strongly influenced by those of other kingdoms of the ancient near East. No code of law has unfortunately survived, outside of the cylinder of Cyrus that more is not really one. This document, sometimes regarded as the first know...

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