Persia Ancient By Time Period

This category lists sites devoted to the ancient history of the Persian Empire.

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• Sassanian Empire - Coinage list by king and date.
  
• Ancient Mesopotamia - Visit sites within Babylon, Assyria, and Persia through the many images.
  
• Perspolis - Images of ruins with comments.
  
• A Collection of Contracts from Mesopotamia - Covering areas of sales and purchases, rentals, labor contracts, co-partnerships, loans and mortgages, bankruptcy, power of attorney, marriage, divorce, adoption, and inheritance.
  
• Accounts of Persian Despotism and Law - Narrations found in Herodotus's The Histories, written c. 430 B.C. and The Book of Esther, written c. 300 B.C.
  
• Avesta - Zoroastrian Archives - A significant collection of Zoroastrian texts.
  
• PersianEmpire.info - Articles on the Medians, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, and the Sassanids. Features mp3 lectures, royal lines, and timeline.
  
• The Selections of Zadspram - A ninth century Pahlavi compilation of excerpts from the Avesta and Zand that reflects basic elements of the faith, containing both orthodox and heterodox doctrines.
  
• The Seal of Darius the Great - Description of an owned item with images and illustrations.
  
• Iran in the Bible - Persia and its people according to the Bible, including images, audio, and links.
  
• The Persians - Informational background on the empire and its leaders.
  
• On The Customs of the Persians - Paper by Herodotus.
  
• List of Kings of Persia - Listing of dynasties and the rulers.
  
• Persia and the Greeks - The Defence of the West, C. 546- 478 B.C - Andrew Robert Burn provides a fairly balanced view of the Achaemenids in their dealings with the Greeks, 1962 by subscription.
  
• Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C - A picture of women and their economic and political importance in the empire by Maria Brosius, 1998 by subscription.
  
• Ctesiphon - one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of Persia.
  
• Persian Empire - A detailed account of the empire that includes photographs, maps, chart, and links.
  
• Queen Tomyris of the Massagetai and the Defeat of the Persians - Written account by Herodotus.
  
• The Decree of Return for the Jews - As written by Kurash (Cyrus) the Great.
  
• Farvardyn - Source on religions, culture, civilization, rituals and ceremonies of the gateway of the east, and provides information on holy and dead languages of the lost world of Iran.
  
• Persepolis and Ancient Iran - Document on architecture, reliefs, and finds of the palaces at Persepolis, prehistoric mound of Tall-i-Bakun, Islamic city mound, and aerial survey flights with photographs.
  
• Gorgan - History of region of Varkana located southeast of the Caspian Sea.
  
• Iran Highlights - Visiting historical sites, includes general information, facts, and images.
  
• Artaxerxes III Chronicle - A tablet dealing with the sack of Sidon c.346 B.C.E.
  
• Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions from Persepolis in Electronic Form - An article containing images as written by Matthew W. Stolper.
  
• Persia - Links to online articles.
  
• Median and Achæmenid Empire - Photos of architecture and archaeological finds.
  
• The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State - An excerpt from Herodotus's The History.
  
  

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