Achaemenid Persia A History Resource by Mark Drury This site has been inspired by the stories and images of Ancient Persia. It is meant to be a resource for those interested in Iran, its people and their history. In particular, it focuses on the romance and colour of the "Achaemenid Empire". It contains information on the achievements, the events and the individuals that shaped its history. For those who have an interest in recreating a Persian army in miniature, there are descrip ...

Richard Frye. The History of Ancient Iran. beginning with pg. 325. THE REFORMS OF CHOSROES ANUSHIRVAN ('OF THE IMMORTAL SOUL') Chosroes was the most illustrious of the Sasanian rulers and he gave his name to the common designation of Sasanian rulers by the Arabs, Kisra, much as Caesar gave his name to Roman rulers. His reforms set a stamp on the later Sasanian state and society and much of what we know about the organization of Sasanian Iran dates from his reign and afterwards. Under him the ...

History of Western Civilization Ancient home Ancient History The Persian Wars King Leonidas of Sparta Croesus Persia Darius I The Ionian Revolt The Revolt is Crushed Aftermath of the Revolt Darius Invades Preparations Battle of Marathon Marathon Results of Marathon Persia Prepares Again Xerxes Invades The Greeks Unite Thermopylae The Battle of Thermopylae Betrayal Results of Thermopylae Xerxes Moves South Salamis Plataea Conclusion Further reading Last reviewed June 2004 History of Western Civilization E.L. Skip Knox Boise State University Comments and questions

Median and Achæmenid Empire (Medes and Persians) Achæmenid architecture 1. Tomb of Cyrus the Great (c. 550-529), near his palace at Pasargadæ. Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire, won independence from the Media and expanded his control to Mesopotamia. He drew from Mesopotamia some ideological elements for a reconstructed monarchy. Tombs are above ground to prevent the corpse's being defiled. Achæmenid stone carving 1. Stone relief from doorway of Cyrus' palace at Pasargadæ. A w ...

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The Heroic Age of Persia "Deem every day in thy life as a leaf in thy history; Be careful, therefore, that nothing be written in it unworthy of posterity." A Maxim of Feridun [Feraydun, a ruler of ancient Persia] From the dawn of history, Persia has been a distinct cultural entity; however, knowledge of the early inhabitants of prehistoric Iran is limited. The earliest written records of the Iranians are the old Persian cuneiform inscriptions of King Darius I in the 6th centur ...

PERSPOLIS The site's Iranian name is Takht-e-Jamshid, "The throne of Jamshid", a mythical King of Iran. The ancient name is "Parsa", "Pars's Town". Provincial of Fars. Altitude 1,800 meters, 60 km N-E of Shiraz on an excellent road, 420 km S of Esfahan on a good road. International airport at Shiraz. National airport at Persepolis. A large bare plain, surrounded by mauve cliffs with sharp edges. It is there, in the center of the Marv Dasht basin, that Cyrus the Great chose, toward th ...

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Persepolis Up close and personal Photographs by Afshin Bakhtiari Published in "Persepolis" (Farhangsara, Tehran, 1375/1996) Web Site Design by: Multimedia Internet Services, Inc. Send your Comments to: jj@iranian.com. Copyright © 1997 Abadan Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. May not be duplicated or distributed in any form.

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s a s a n i a n e m p i r e Ardashir I, a king of Persis, defeats the Parthian king Artabanos IV and two years later is crowned as the first Sasanian king in 226 AD. His son, Shapur I, expands the borders to include all of modern Iran and parts of Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Gulf Coast of the Arabian peninsula. 400 years of war with Rome, Kushans, Chionites and Hephthalites takes its toll and in the mid 7th century the Arabs overrun the Sasanians, ...

Home Browse and Comment Search Buy Books and CD-ROMs Help Artaxerxes By Plutarch Commentary: A few comments have been posted about Artaxerxes. Read them or add your own. Reader Recommendations: Recommend a Web site you feel is appropriate to this work, list recommended Web sites, or visit a random recommended Web site. Download: A 62k text-only version is available for download. Artaxerxes (died 359 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A ...

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