You need a Java enabled browser to view this applet The 16th century Safavid Palace of Alighapou, Isfahan At this site you will see Valerian the Roman Emperor captive to Shahpour the Persian King, carved at Nagsh Rostam, near Persepolis. Click ==> There is also a good selection of historical and religious buildings including Iran's Holiest shrines and other monuments. Persian Carpets and post Islamic Artifacts extensively covered. <== Click Artifacts dating from ...

Iran The Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths originated in Iran and the early Bahá'í community was thus largely Iranian. Until recently the Iranian Bahá'í community was the largest in the world, and remains one of the largest. Iran has been the stage for many of the key historical events in Bahá'í history and many of the organizational and structural developments in the Bahá'í community originated here. Iran has also been important as a source of large numbers of individuals who have migrated to other ...

Translate this page What the Bible Says About Persia Persians in the Bible Christianity in Iran Persia and the Bible Persian Kings in the Bible Chronology of Persian History Rulers & Dynasties of Persia Nazarene Christians Magi (Majusian) Wisemen from East seeking Jesus King Darius orders Daniel to the Den of Lions King Cyrus - First Charter of Human Rights King Cyrus - A Just Ruler King Cyrus allows Jews to return to Israel Kin ...

Translate this page What the Bible Says About Persia Persians in the Bible Christianity in Iran Persia and the Bible Persian Kings in the Bible Chronology of Persian History Rulers & Dynasties of Persia Nazarene Christians Magi (Majusian) Wisemen from East seeking Jesus King Darius orders Daniel to the Den of Lions King Cyrus - First Charter of Human Rights King Cyrus - A Just Ruler King Cyrus allows Jews to return to Israel Kin ...

Excerpts From Fall of the Peacock Throne Persia has always attracted the ambitions of the Eastern and Western worlds for over 2,500 years. It has been both a meeting-place for ideas and a battlegraound for many races during its long and turbulent history. A succession of invaders came --among them Alexander of Macedonia, the Arabs who brought with them a new God, and the Mongols, whose destructive force was personified by their savage leader, Chingis Khan. Before these invasio ...

History for Kids Kidipede - History for Kids - Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500 AD This site you were looking for was replaced several years ago by a new, much bigger and more accurate (and privately funded) site run by the same person at www.historyforkids.org Click here for the Ancient Greeks! Thank you for visiting History for Kids! by Google Subscribers click here to log in Want to subscribe? Learn how you can see this site without the ads for just 99¢. Get your passw ...

Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Iran HISTORY The ancient nation of Iran, historically known to the West as Persia and once a major empire in its own right, has been overrun frequently and has had its territory altered throughout the centuries. Invaded by Arabs, Seljuk Turks, Mongols, and others--and often caught up in the affairs of larg ...

Darius The Great In the middle of the sixth century B.C., Cyrus the Great, Achaemenid prince, united the Iranian tribes, conquered western Asia, and created the vast Persian Empire. His successor was Cambyses, who secretly murdered his only brother the Bardiya (Greek : Smerdis), and since he himself had no son, he thus ended the direct line of succession. He then entrusted his household to a certain Oropasthes, led the Persian army into Africa, and added Egyp ...

Omar Khayyam 1048 - 1122 Click the picture above to see four larger pictures Omar Khayyam was an Islamic scholar who was a poet as well as a mathematician. He compiled astronomical tables and contributed to calendar reform and discovered a geometrical method of solving cubic equations by intersecting a parabola with a circle. Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing] List of References (27 books/articles) Some Quotations (8) A Poster of Omar Khayyam Mathematicia ...

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Leaders of Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) [To the list of countries] [To the ZPC Homepage] Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website. Heads of State Emperor (Shah) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 16 Sep 1941 - 11 Feb 1979 (+1980) [picture] [picture] [picture] Leader of the Revolution (Rahbar-e Enqelab) and acclaimed Shi'a Imam Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini 5 Feb 1979 - 4 Feb 1980 (+1989) [picture] President of the Republic ...

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The Qajar Dynasty of Iran Prince Anoshiravan Eetezad-Dowleh Sepahbod Qajar (Shir Khan) ( Agha Mohammad Shah 1796-1797 ) ( Fath Ali Shah 1797-1834) (Crown Prince Abbas Mirza) ( Mohammad Shah 1834-1848) ( Nasser-al-Din Shah 1848-1896 ) ( Mozzafar-al-Din Shah 1896-1907) (Mohammad Ali Shah 1907-1909) (Ahmad Shah 1909-1925) The Qajars reigned from 1796 to 1925. At left, is a painting of my great-grandfather Prince"Shir Khan Qajar"circa 1880. He was married to Princess "Ezzat-Dowleh, ...

Welcome to my Alexander the Great Page! Here you will find a fairly complete, though relatively brief biography of Alexander, pictures to download, and links to follow! The pictures of Alexander and the pictures of his parents can be downloaded at doubled size by clicking on them. If you use this page, or just read the information, please e-mail me a quick note just to say that you stopped by. Thanks, and enjoy the page! On July twentieth, 356 B.C., Olympius, the ...