The Heritage of Persia

Achaemenid empire Ahura Mazda Akkadian Alexander Anahita ancient Antiochus Arabic Aramaic Ardashir Armenian army Arsacid Artaxerxes Aryan Assyrian Avesta Babylonian Bactria Behistun called Cambyses Central Asia centre century BC Chinese Chosroes circa classical coins conquest Courtesy cult culture cuneiform Cyrus Darius dynasty east eastern Iran Elamite epic Freer Gallery Gaumata Greek Hellenistic Hephthalite Herodotus Herzfeld Archives India Indo-European influence inscription Iran Iranian Islamic Kartir Khurasan king of kings kingdom Kushans land language later Magians Medes Median Mesopotamia Middle Persian Mithradates Naqsh-i Rustam Nisa nomads Old Persian organisation Oriental Pahlavi Parsa Parthian Pasargadai perhaps period Persepolis plateau probably province religion religious revolted Roman royal rule rulers Saka Sarmatians Sasanian Sasanian empire satrap scholars Scythians seals Seleucid Seleucus Shapur slaves Sogdian sources South Russia Susa Tehran tion tradition tribes Urartian Urartu Varahran various Washington D.C. western word Yüeh-chih Zoroaster Zoroastrian