Magians, Religious Experts without Magic
In Persepolis, the administrative capital of the Achaemenid Empire, a large archive of administrative texts was found, the so-called Persepolis fortification tablets. They can be dated in the reign of king Darius I the Great (522-486) and we learn that the Magians were as accountants and controllers involved in the administration.
11/19/2004 12:39:00 PM
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Sassanid Empire and Religious Turmoil in Persia
The Persians mixed music with their Zoroastrian religion, using such instruments as the lyre, guitar, horn and drum. In court, they swore by their Zoroastrian faith to tell the truth, and violations of oaths were severely punished. They believed that violations of an oath would be punished after death, and they were known as a people whose word was good.
11/19/2004 12:38:00 PM
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The Secrets of Zoroastrianism
Artaxerxes promised Ezra unlimited resources from his treasury, all the silver and gold that Ezra could get from the priests of Babylon, and access to the treasuries of Syria and Phoenicia. Ezra was a highly respected reader of the divine law in Babylon, a divine law unknown to the Jews and agreeable to Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes spared no expense to surprise the Jews with these laws.
11/19/2004 12:38:00 PM
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Symbolic Interpretations Slip through Iranian Ban
11/5/2004 9:27:00 AM
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The History of Epicurean Delights in Persian Poetry
The Persian poets Omar Khayyam and Shamseddine Mohammad Hafez are, alongside their predecessor Abu©l Qasim Ferdousi, the most famous writers and philosophers to come out of Iran in medieval times. Their fame among academics, historians, literature buffs and readers remains strong today (the fact Hafez©s tomb at Shiraz is a shrine for pilgrims is one indicator of that).
11/5/2004 9:27:00 AM
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Cambyses, Killing his Brother to Salvage Empire
On the death of Cyrus the Great, the Achaemenid empire passed to his son, Cambyses II (529–522 BCE). There may have been some degree of unrest throughout the empire at the time of Cyrus© death, for Cambyses apparently felt it necessary to kill secretly his brother, Bardiya (Smerdis), in order to protect his rear while leading the campaign against Egypt in 525 BCE.
11/5/2004 9:26:00 AM
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Iranian CALENDAR SYSTEMS, HISTORY AND ORIGINS
11/3/2004 9:22:00 PM
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Gardens of Iran: Ancient Wisdom, New Vision
11/2/2004 11:00:00 AM
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Paintball Makes a Splash in Iran
11/2/2004 10:59:00 AM
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Iranian Diaspora, Pre-Islamic Era
The Achaemenid empire attained its fullest extent under its first three kings; and for the next two centuries or so Iranians colonized in numbers the most attractive of its non-Iranian territories. Alexander©s conquest of the empire in the 4th century B.C.E. led, under his successors, to those colonists being cut off from Persia, but they proved generally able to maintain their ethnic and cultural identity under alien rule for many generations.
10/30/2004 9:36:00 PM
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