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	Persepolis and Ancient Iran - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI.html 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.
	Persian Empire - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Persia A detailed account of the empire that includes photographs, maps, chart, and links.
	Avesta - Zoroastrian Archives - http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html A significant collection of Zoroastrian texts.
	http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook05.html - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook05.html Links to online articles.
	Ctesiphon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of Persia.

	http://www.livius.org/persia.html - http://www.livius.org/persia.html Extensive collection of short articles.
	List of Kings of Persia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Kings Listing of dynasties and the rulers.
	A Collection of Contracts from Mesopotamia - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/mesopotamia-contracts.html Covering areas of sales and purchases, rentals, labor contracts, co-partnerships, loans and mortgages, bankruptcy, power of attorney, marriage, divorce, adoption, and inheritance.
	The Selections of Zadspram - http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/zadspram.htm 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.
	The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persdemo.html An excerpt from Herodotus's The History.

	Accounts of Persian Despotism and Law - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/persianlaw.html Narrations found in Herodotus's The Histories, written c. 430 B.C. and The Book of Esther, written c. 300 B.C.
	The Decree of Return for the Jews - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/539cyrus1.html As written by Kurash (Cyrus) the Great.
	Queen Tomyris of the Massagetai and the Defeat of the Persians - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/tomyris.html Written account by Herodotus.
	On The Customs of the Persians - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persians.html Paper by Herodotus.
	The Seal of Darius the Great - http://www.livius.org/da-dd/darius/darius_i_t11.html Description of an owned item with images and illustrations.

	Farvardyn - http://www.farvardyn.com/ 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.
	Sassanian Empire - http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html Coinage list by king and date.
	The Persians - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/PERSIANS.HTM Informational background on the empire and its leaders.
	Iran in the Bible - http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/ Persia and its people according to the Bible, including images, audio, and links.
	Artaxerxes III Chronicle - http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc9/artaxerxes.html A tablet dealing with the sack of Sidon c.346 B.C.E.

	Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions from Persepolis in Electronic Form - http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/nn/spr98_ari.html An article containing images as written by Matthew W. Stolper.
	http://medlem.spray.se/davidgorgan/History.html - http://medlem.spray.se/davidgorgan/History.html History of region of Varkana located southeast of the Caspian Sea.
	PersianEmpire.info - http://persianempire.info/ Articles on the Medians, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, and the Sassanids. Features mp3 lectures, royal lines, and timeline.
	Iran Highlights - http://www.key2persia.com/Iran_highlights.htm Visiting historical sites, includes general information, facts, and images.
	Ancient Mesopotamia - http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/ Visit sites within Babylon, Assyria, and Persia through the many images.

	Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59181013 A picture of women and their economic and political importance in the empire by Maria Brosius, 1998 by subscription.
	Persia and the Greeks - The Defence of the West, C. 546- 478 B.C - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=1369969 Andrew Robert Burn provides a fairly balanced view of the Achaemenids in their dealings with the Greeks, 1962 by subscription.
	Median and Achæmenid Empire - http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ugk/ Photos of architecture and archaeological finds.
	Perspolis - http://persia.org/imagemap/perspolis.html Images of ruins with comments.

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