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:
Atropates
Atropates (Persian Âtarepâta) (c.370- after 321): Persian nobleman, played an important role in the restoration of Zoroastrianism after the persecutions by Alexander the Great. …Avesta
Avesta: the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Iranian religion that was founded by the legendary Bactrian prophet Zarathustra. Faravahar, the visual…Avesta: Creation
The Avestan world Not unlike the Babylonian creation stories, in which order is threatened by chaos, but completely different in structure,…Avesta: the legend of Hystaspes
The Denkard, a summary of the partly lost Great Avesta of the sixth century, contains the story Zarathustra and his protector Hystaspes. Denkard 7.4.65-87 is offered here in the translation by Mary Boyce.Avesta: the Zoroastrian creed
The following text, which has with some justice been likened to the Christian "creed", probably dates to the earliest days of Zoroastrianism, but seems to have undergone linguistic changes, because it is known in the relatively late Old Avestan language,…Avesta: Zoroastrian dualism
Zoroastrianism's most remarkable feature is the dualism between the good god Ahuramazda and his rival, the Evil Spirit or The Lie. This translation of one of the key texts, Yasna 30.1-6, 8-9, was made by Mary Boyce.Axidares
Axidares: king of Armenia (r. c.110 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty.Axidares was a son of the Parthian king Pacorus II (r.78-105), who had made his son king of Armenia, a buffer state that had caused several conflicts between the Parthians and…Babylon
Babylon was the capital of Babylonia, the alluvial plain between the Euphrates and Tigris. After the fall of the Assyrian empire (612 BCE), Babylon became the capital of the ancient Near East, and king Nebuchadnezzar adorned the city with several…Bactria
Bactria (Old Persian: Bâkhtriš): country in northern Afghanistan, in Antiquity famous for its fierce warriors and its ancient religion, which was founded by the prophet Zarathustra.Prehistory …
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian |
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel |
Bactrian coin |