Introduction Zoroaster (also known as Zarathustra) was an important religious figure in ancient Persia (present-day Iran and...
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Exploring the evolution of our rights and freedoms and the relevance of the Great Charter today. Introduction...
Magna Carta’s place in modern legal and popular culture and the importance of its 800-year-old symbolism. Introduction...
Its name is derived from the Persians who settled in the area in the 7th century BCE....
Developments here had a decisive impact on the progress of human history. Introduction Iran, officially the Islamic...
All of the victims whose remains the groups have been searching for are homicide victims of the...
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The beginning of Ptolemaic influence in Nubia began when Ptolemy II led a campaign against the kingdom...
Researchers have extracted a complete ancient human genome from birch pitch, a 5,700-year-old type of ancient “chewing...
The history of jury trials and their relationship to Magna Carta. Introduction From medieval justice to the...
There are silk makers in different parts of Iran who still practice the trade their ancestors did...
The treatment of the military subject in Shakespeare’s Roman plays complicates early modern cultural understandings of the...
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20 years ago, who could predict how much more researchers would know today about the human past?...
The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order, called the Safaviyeh. Introduction The...
Iran has inherited numerous architectural traditions over the course of history. Introduction From the Islamic period the...
Like its American counterpart, the burgeoning British underground scene held comics in high esteem. By John Harris...
This is probably the best expression of of Pizan’s views of contemporary medieval women. The Woman Question...
Women in ancient Egypt were the equals of men in every area except occupations. Introduction One of...
Even citizens found their city confusing. A city – a free city – was where a man...
Chamberlain and Wilson had aimed to prevent war entirely; instead they made it almost inevitable. In 1941,...
The moon might harbor bits of the Earth that blasted off our planet billions of years ago...
His decree ordered that Russia observe calendar years from the birth of Christ. Peter the Great’s reign...
How a primitive idea turned into an object that is used globally today. By Dr. Fahd Khan,...
Hepatic regeneration was well known to ancient Greeks, and this natural ability was established in the tales...
Trump is indeed the face of U.S. decline linked to imperial overstretch. Introduction Nearly all observers of...
The attack set in motion a series of events that transformed the United States into a global...
The temples at Khajuraho, including the Lakshmana temple, have become famous for their amorous images. Ideal Female...
The relief is accompanied by text in three languages – Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian. Introduction The...
Persian culture influenced the Greeks and many other civilizations, and its effects still resonate around the world...