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The Successors of Alexander and the Seleucids

June 17, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani -

Darius III and Alexander’s Campaign

May 13, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani-

Passing Relief

April 22, 2004

Khodadad Rezakhani

Empire in Chaos

April 15, 2004 Read in Persian Introduction The story of the decline and fall of the Achaemenid Empire is similar to the story of other powerful dynastic powers....

Nowruz in History

March 16, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani

Iran during the reign of Xerxes

March 05, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani-

Zarathushtra and His Religion

February 27, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani

Successors of Cyrus and Darius the Usurper

January 22, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani

Foundations of the Persian Empire

January 15, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani

Media: The First Iranian Kingdom

January 02, 2004 Khodadad Rezakhani

Proto-Iranian Society

December 25, 2003 Khodadad Rezakhani

Indo-European and Indo-Iranian Migrations

December 11, 2003 Khodadad Rezakhani

Iran Before Iranians, Part II

November 27, 2003 Last week, we talked about the pre-Aryan civilisations and people of Iran. This week, we continue with a brief look at the Kassites, Hurrians, and...

Iran Before Iranians

November 20, 2003 How many times have you heard the term “2,500 Years Old History of Iran”, or even used it yourself? It is very common for Iranians to use this term in order to “prove” the antiquity of their native land.

Iran, Iranians, and the Rest of the Story

November 13, 2003

Since the name of this column is Iranology, it is only befitting to define the concepts of Iran, Iranians, and Iranian Languages.

Iranology I

November 07, 2003

History is not the tale of dull dates, names, treacherous rivalries and pointless wars. It is also not a story, as many would like to say, nor is it an absurd tale of past mistakes and silliness of the far-gone.