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Zoroastrianism is of enormous importance in the history of religions. It became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and influenced other world faiths: northern Buddhism and Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Parsees
ISBN : 9780415239028
Zoroastrianism is of enormous importance in the history of religions. It became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and influenced other world faiths: northern Buddhism and Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Author : Richard Cody
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,16 MB
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465332324
“Why shouldn’t those Baltic provinces stew in their own juice for a while?” says Stalin, not long before dying in offi ce. The President of the Baltic Peoples Republic, Marshal Jurgis Tievas, after an ill-fated visit to socialist Britain, returns to Gdainys to fi nd himself besieged by domestic enemies. Nor is he comforted by being an impostor, the double of the Marshal who was inadvertently killed in Britain. Seven of his entourage know his secret. Now his beloved niece Valija invites two of their British friends, Elizabeth Templeton and Michael Brenan, to stay—who may or may not know the secret.
Author : Alvin Harrison Morton Stonecipher
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Avestan language
ISBN :
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 35,47 MB
Release : 1982
Category :
ISBN : 9789004065062
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9004293906
Preliminary material -- THE BACKGROUND -- THE PRE-ZOROASTRIAN RELIGION OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS -- THE SPREAD OF ZOROASTRIANISM IN WESTERN IRAN -- CYRUS THE GREAT (550-530 B.C.) -- CAMBYSES (530-522 B.C.) -- BARDIYA AND 'GAUMĀTA THE MAGUS' (522 B.C.) -- DARIUS THE GREAT (522-486 B.C.) -- FINDS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST AT PERSEPOLIS -- CONTACTS AND INFLUENCES IN IONIA IN THE MEDIAN AND EARLY ACHAEMENIAN PERIODS -- XERXES (486-465 B.C.) -- ARTAXERXES I (465-424 B.C.) -- DARIUS II (423-404 B.C.) -- ARTAXERXES II (404-358 B.C.) -- ARTAXERXES III (358-338 B.C.) -- DARIUS III (336-331 B.C.) -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Author : American Philological Association
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 34,44 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Classical philology
ISBN :
Bibliographical record of works published by members of the Association, in v. 28- 1897-
Author : Herbert Cushing Tolman
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Achaemenian inscriptions
ISBN :
Author : Pierre Briant
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 1218 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Ancient World
ISBN : 1575061201
Around 550 B.C.E. the Persian people--who were previously practically unknown in the annals of history--emerged from their base in southern Iran (Fars) and engaged in a monumental adventure that, under the leadership of Cyrus the Great and his successors, culminated in the creation of an immense Empire that stretched from central Asia to Upper Egypt, from the Indus to the Danube. The Persian (or Achaemenid, named for its reigning dynasty) Empire assimilated an astonishing diversity of lands, peoples, languages, and cultures. This conquest of Near Eastern lands completely altered the history of the world: for the first time, a monolithic State as vast as the future Roman Empire arose, expanded, and matured in the course of more than two centuries (530-330) and endured until the death of Alexander the Great (323), who from a geopolitical perspective was "the last of the Achaemenids." Even today, the remains of the Empire-the terraces, palaces, reliefs, paintings, and enameled bricks of Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Susa; the impressive royal tombs of Naqsh-i Rustam; the monumental statue of Darius the Great-serve to remind visitors of the power and unprecedented luxury of the Great Kings and their loyal courtiers (the "Faithful Ones"). Though long eclipsed and overshadowed by the towering prestige of the "ancient Orient" and "eternal Greece," Achaemenid history has emerged into fresh light during the last two decades. Freed from the tattered rags of "Oriental decadence" and "Asiatic stagnation," research has also benefited from a continually growing number of discoveries that have provided important new evidence-including texts, as well as archaeological, numismatic, and iconographic artifacts. The evidence that this book assembles is voluminous and diverse: the citations of ancient documents and of the archaeological evidence permit the reader to follow the author in his role as a historian who, across space and time, attempts to understand how such an Empire emerged, developed, and faded. Though firmly grounded in the evidence, the author's discussions do not avoid persistent questions and regularly engages divergent interpretations and alternative hypotheses. This book is without precedent or equivalent, and also offers an exhaustive bibliography and thorough indexes. The French publication of this magisterial work in 1996 was acclaimed in newspapers and literary journals. Now Histoire de l'Empire Perse: De Cyrus a Alexandre is translated in its entirety in a revised edition, with the author himself reviewing the translation, correcting the original edition, and adding new documentation. Pierre Briant, Chaire Histoire et civilisation du monde achémenide et de l'empire d'Alexandre, Collège de France, is a specialist in the history of the Near East during the era of the Persian Empire and the conquests of Alexander. He is the author of numerous books. Peter T. Daniels, the translator, is an independent scholar, editor, and translator who studied at Cornell University and the University of Chicago. He lives and works in New York City.
Author : Avi Bachenheimer
Publisher : Birdwood Press
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
In 7 chapters, the author presents an account of the Old Persian language that encompasses its corpus, glossary and concordance. For the first time, the book provides a dictionary of every single cuneiform term that is attested in the Old Persian language and it contains a comprehensive analysis of each word, its orthographic representation, its linguistic roots and its corresponding declensions across the extant sources.
Author : lingoXpress
Publisher : lingoXpress
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release :
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
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