Greater Iran
Greater Iran, of course, is not an existing country. This category is intended for everything related to the area where, in Antiquity, people spoke an Iranian language, except for Persia.
There are 558 items in Greater Iran:
Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence" |
Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence" |
Zagros
Zagros: mountain range in western Iran. The Zagros between Qazvin and Hamadan (ancient Ecbatana, the capital of Media) The Zagros mountains can…
Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand |
Zagros, Incision (a brook cutting its way through the rocks) |
Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) |
Zanjan Rud |
Zarathustra
Zarathustra (Greek Zoroaster): legendary religious teacher from Bactria, founder of Zoroastrianism. Modern portrait of Zarathustra, inspired by a dress on a…
Modern painting of Zarathustra |
Zoilus of Bactria |
Zosimus, New History 1.18
Zosimus (Greek Ζώσιμος): Early Byzantine, pagan author of a history of the Roman Empire, published in the first quarter of the sixth century CE.The translation of Zosimus' New History offered here was printed in 1814 by W. Green and T. Chaplin in London, and…Zosimus, New History 1.26
Zosimus (Greek Ζώσιμος): Early Byzantine, pagan author of a history of the Roman Empire, published in the first quarter of the sixth century CE.The translation of Zosimus' New History offered here was printed in 1814 by W. Green and T. Chaplin in London,…