Directory of Persia Resources

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

Subcategories

• Greek-Persian Wars
• People

Resources in This Category

• A Collection of Contracts from Mesopotamia

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/mesopotamia-contracts.asp
  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

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/persianlaw.asp
  Narrations found in Herodotus's The Histories, written c. 430 B.C. and The Book of Esther, written c. 300 B.C.

• Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions from Persepolis in Electronic Form

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/nn/spr98_ari.html
  An article containing images as written by Matthew W. Stolper.

• Ancient Mesopotamia

  http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/
  Visit sites within Babylon, Assyria, and Persia through the many images.

• Artaxerxes III Chronicle

  http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc9/artaxerxes.html
  A tablet dealing with the sack of Sidon c.346 B.C.E.

• Avesta - Zoroastrian Archives

  http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
  A significant collection of Zoroastrian texts.

• Ctesiphon

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon
  one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of Persia.

• Iran in the Bible

  http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/
  Persia and its people according to the Bible, including images, audio, and links.

• List of Kings of Persia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Kings
  Listing of dynasties and the rulers.

• On The Customs of the Persians

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persians.asp
  Paper by Herodotus.

• Persepolis and Ancient Iran

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/
  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.

• Persia

  http://www.livius.org/persia.html
  Extensive collection of short articles.

• Persia

  http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook05.asp
  Links to online articles.

• Persia and the Greeks - The Defence of the West, C. 546- 478 B.C

  http://www.questia.com/read/1369969/persia-and-the-greeks-the-defence-of-the-west-c
  Andrew Robert Burn provides a fairly balanced view of the Achaemenids in their dealings with the Greeks, 1962 by subscription.

• Persian Empire

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Persia
  A detailed account of the empire that includes photographs, maps, chart, and links.

• PersianEmpire.info

  http://persianempire.info/
  Articles on the Medians, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, and the Sassanids. Features mp3 lectures, royal lines, and timeline.

• Queen Tomyris of the Massagetai and the Defeat of the Persians

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/tomyris.asp
  Written account by Herodotus.

• The Decree of Return for the Jews

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/539cyrus1.asp
  As written by Kurash (Cyrus) the Great.

• The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persdemo.asp
  An excerpt from Herodotus's The History.

• Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C

  http://www.questia.com/read/59181013/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.

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