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Can non-Persians speak? The sovereign’s narration of “Iranian identity”
Published in Ethnicities (01-10-2019)“…Since the late 19th century, despite multi-cultural and multilingual composition of Iranian population, Persian nationalism has functioned as the ideology of the state…”
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Persians-Khurramites in the Byzantine Military Service During 833–839/840: Military Rank and Functions of Persian Military Units
Published in Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serii͡a︡ 4, Istorii͡a (01-02-2021)“…Introduction. The scope of this paper is 1) to consider the forms of military service of the Persians within the Byzantine army during the first half of the 9th c., 2…”
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'Oioi - Oioi - Iehieh!' Democracy in Crisis! Aeschylus' Persians for Contemporary Stages
Published in The European legacy, toward new paradigms (18-08-2023)“…This article attempts a reinterpretation of Aeschylus' Persians as primarily a warning about the instability of democracy following a major military victory against an overpowering totalitarian enemy…”
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The Persians. Investigating Civilisations
Published in The Journal of Classics Teaching (01-10-2019)“… South is Arabia and the Persian Gulf. To the southeast is the Indian subcontinent. To the north are Russia and the Caucasus…”
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Alexander the Undertaker: Persians, Bactrians, and ataphoi
Published in Studie Hercynia (01-06-2023)“…Alexander’s famous ban of the exposure of the corpses in Bactra has been long studied. Mostly the discussion has focused on the veracity of the account and his…”
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Alexander the Undertaker: Persians, Bactrians, and ataphoi
Published in Studie Hercynia (2023)“…Alexander’s famous ban of the exposure of the corpses in Bactra has been long studied. Mostly the discussion has focused on the veracity of the account and his…”
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Plutarch and the Persians
Published in Electrum (Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Historii) (2017)“…This paper deals with the image of Persia and the Persians in the works of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 45–c. 120 AD…”
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POLYGAMY IN GREEK VIEWS OF PERSIANS
Published in Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies (01-01-2019)“…Polygamy, rather than being invoked by Greek authors as a disparaging stereotype of Persians universally, was ascribed by Greeks only to certain kings…”
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The war of the three gods: Romans, Persians and the rise of Islam / Peter Crawford
Published 2013“…). Peter Crawford skilfully narrates the three-way struggle between the Christian Roman, Zoroastrian Persian and Islamic Arab empires, a period peopled with fascinating characters, including Heraclius…”
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Artaxerxes in Constantinople: Basil I's Genealogy and Byzantine Historical Memory of the Achaemenid Persians
Published in Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies (01-01-2020)“…The descent from Artaxerxes I Makrocheir alleged by Leo VI, an example of medieval 'Persianism', may have been prompted by Artaxerxes' biblical reputation for…”
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Cyrus the Younger and his Persians: The Dynamics of Power
Published in Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies (01-01-2020)“…Without knowledge regarding Cyrus' faction, it is difficult to assess properly what his status among the Persians was and how strong his position was during the…”
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Persians Made the Afghan Desert Bloom
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (20-07-2012)“…A French team surveying a region of north-central Afghanistan has recently discovered large settlements organized around an impressive water system dating back…”
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The Prophet Shaving: Persians and the Origin of the Malay Hikayat Nabi Bercukur
Published in Der Islam (Berlin) (01-10-2021)“…This article is about a well-known anonymous folk story in the Malay-Indonesian world, called (“The Story of Prophet Shaving”), found in various different…”
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The Persians
Published in PAJ (Baltimore, Md.) (01-05-2009)“…The script of the play The Persians, by Aeschylus, adapted by Heiner Muller from a translation by Peter Witzmann, and translated by Thomas Freeland…”
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The Persians are coming
Published in The Washington report on Middle East affairs (01-03-2015)“…"The Iranians are on the march," warned John McCain on Sunday, January 25. "Iran is building a new Persian Empire," echoed Col. Ralph Peters…”
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Transcending the Borders in Persians of Terzopoulos
Published in Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi (30-06-2023)Get full text
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