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Historic Periods & Events
The Elamite Empire, 2500 - 644 BCE
By: Cyrus Shahmiri
The Art of Elamites, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
The Median Empire, 728 - 550 BCE
Ecbatana, (The capital of the ancient Median empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Rhagae, (Religious center in ancient Median empire)
By: Jona Lendering
The Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCE
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The Cyrus the Great Cylinder
The first known Charter of Rights of Nations, 539 BCE.
Edited by: Shapour Ghasemi
Cyrus the Great: The decree of return for the Jews, 539 BCE
Edited by: Charles F. Horne
The Art of Achaemenids, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
Eye of the king, (Inspector in the Achaemenid empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Pasargadae, (Oldest of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Darius the Great's Inscription at Naqshe Rostam
Words of Darius the Great in Bisotoun's Inscription
Susa, (Favorite residence of the Persian king Darius I the Great)
By: Jona Lendering
Achaemenid Army
By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
Immortals, (Elite regiment in the ancient Achaemenid empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Persepolis, (or Parse, ancient capital of Persian -Achaemenid- Empire)
By: Dariush Moghaddam
Pictures of Persepolis, Ancient Capital of Persian -Achaemenid- Empire
Royal Road, 5th century BCE
By: Jona Lendering
The Persian Wars
By: Professor Livio C. Stecchini
Histories of Herodotus, (A reference of Persian Empire of Achaemenian era)
By: Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Cyropaedia of Xenophon, The Life of Cyrus The Great
By: Xenophon
Anabasis of Xenophon, (A reference of Persian Empire of Achaemenian era)
By: Xenophon
The Anabasis of Alexander: The Battle of Gaugamela
By: Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus)
The Battle of Gaugamela
By: Ernst Badian
Persian Syria 538-331 BCE; Two Centuries of Persian Rule
By: Adnan Bounni
Palestine Under the Persians 539-332 BCE
By: Dr David F. Graf
Seleucid Empire, 306 - c.150 BCE
By: Jens Jakobsson
Iran After the Death of Alexander and Its Resistance to Hellenism
By: Maryam Hedayati
The Parthian Empire, 247 BCE - 224 CE
The Art of Parthians, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
Parthian Army
By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
Ctesiphon (Parthian: Tyspwn), The capital of the Parthians and the Sassanids
By: Jona Lendering
General Surena, The Hero of Carrhae
By: Shapour Suren-Pahlav
The Sassanid Empire, 224 - 642 CE
A Review of Sassanid Images and Inscriptions
By: Asghar Mahmoudabadi
The Karnamak-e Ardeshir-e Papakan
By: Charles F. Horne
Emperor Ardeshir and the cycle of history
Dr. Richard Frye
Economy In Sassanian Iran
Rika Gyselen
The Art of Sassanians, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
Sassanian Army
By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
Manichaeism, (The Forgotten Religion of Sassanid Era)
By: I.J.S. Taraporewala
Mazdakism, (A religious and social movement of Sassanid Era)
By: I.J.S. Taraporewala
Islamic Conquest, 636 CE
Saffarid Dynasty, 861 - 900 CE
Samanid Dynasty, 819 - 999 CE
By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Turks and Mongols, 10th - 15th century CE
Ziyarids Dynasty, 927 - 1043 CE
Ghaznavid Dynasty, 962 - 1186 CE
Ismailieh (Assassins), 11th century CE
Safavid Empire, 1502 - 1736
By: Shapour Ghasemi
Afsharid Dynasty (Nader Shah), 1736 - 1757
Zand Dynasty, 1757 - 1794
Qajar Dynasty, 1794 - 1925
The Siege of Herat 1837 - 1838
By: John Carl Nelson
The Qajar class structure
By: Ahmad Ashraf and Ali Banuazizi
Pictures of Qajar kings and era
Constitutional Revolution, 1906 - 1911
Pictures of Constitutional Revolution, 1906 - 1911
Pahlavi Dynasty, 1925 - 1979
By: Shapour Ghasemi
Oil Nationalization, 1949 - 1951
A short account of American planned 1953 Coup
Operation code-name: TP-AJAX
The post-Mosaddeq era and the Shah's White Revolution
Islamic Revolution of 1979 and Establishment of Islamic Republic of Iran
Pictures of 1979 Revolution of Iran
Iran after the victory of 1979's Revolution
Iran-Iraq War 1980 - 1988, (A short account of Iraqi invasion)
Pictures of Iran-Iraq War 1980-88
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By: Cyrus Shahmiri
