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


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1. 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.
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2. Ancient Mesopotamia - Visit sites within Babylon, Assyria, and Persia through the many images.
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3. 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.
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4. Gorgan - History of region of Varkana located southeast of the Caspian Sea.
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5. Iran in the Bible - Persia and its people according to the Bible, including images, audio, and links.
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6. Median and Achæmenid Empire - Photos of architecture and archaeological finds.
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7. 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.
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8. Persia - Extensive collection of short articles.
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9. Persia - Links to online articles.
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10. Sassanian Empire - Coinage list by king and date.
11. 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.
12. Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions from Persepolis in Electronic Form - An article containing images as written by Matthew W. Stolper.
13. Artaxerxes III Chronicle - A tablet dealing with the sack of Sidon c.346 B.C.E.
14. Avesta - Zoroastrian Archives - A significant collection of Zoroastrian texts.
15. Ctesiphon - one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of Persia.
16. Iran Highlights - Visiting historical sites, includes general information, facts, and images.
17. List of Kings of Persia - Listing of dynasties and the rulers.
18. On The Customs of the Persians - Paper by Herodotus.
19. 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.
20. Persian Empire - A detailed account of the empire that includes photographs, maps, chart, and links.
21. Perspolis - Images of ruins with comments.
22. Queen Tomyris of the Massagetai and the Defeat of the Persians - Written account by Herodotus.
23. The Decree of Return for the Jews - As written by Kurash (Cyrus) the Great.
24. The Persians - Informational background on the empire and its leaders.
25. The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State - An excerpt from Herodotus's The History.
26. The Seal of Darius the Great - Description of an owned item with images and illustrations.
27. 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.
28. 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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