Iran needs to choose whether it wants to remain an expansionist Persian-Shiite empire (Iranshahr), or transform into a multi-ethnic democracy where Persians and Shiites have no claim over other ...

The workshop "The Persian Empire, the Social Sciences, and Ancient Historiography" takes place at the University of Helsinki 9–11 January 2019. It is co-sponsored by the Centre of Excellence in ...

Dream of Persian empire. ... — home to millions of people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds — managed to integrate them into their social and economic structure without ...

Temples in the Southern Levant during the Persian Empire (c. 539–331 BCE) provide a vital, underutilized historical vista for such questions. Persian involvement with labor taxation, forced labor, and ...

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West Tom Holland, . . Doubleday, $27.50 (418pp) ISBN 978-0-385-51311-1 ...