Persia
There are 1590 items in Persia:
Hormizd IV the Turk
Hormizd IV, nicknamed the Turk: king of Persia, ruling from 579 to 590, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Hormizd IV Main deeds: Name:…
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Hormizd V
Hormizd V: king of Persia, ruling in c.593 CE, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd V Reign: Rebellion during the first regnal years of Khusrau II the Victorious General Literature on Sasanian Persia Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an…Hormizd VI
Hormizd VI: king of Persia, ruling from 630 to 632, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd VI The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. In 628, Khusrau was replaced…Hydarnes (1)
Hydarnes (Old Persian Vidarna): Persian nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta, helped Darius I the Great become king of the Achaemenid empire and was rewarded with the satrapy of Media. …Hydarnes (2)
Hydarnes (Old Persian Vidarna): Persian nobleman, commander of the "immortals" during Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE). Achaemenid nobleman Hydarnes was the…Hystaspes (2)
Hystaspes (OP. Vištâspa): name of several noble Persians and Bactrians. One of them is the father of king Darius I the Great, who is mentioned in several Persian and Greek texts. …Idrieus
Idrieus: satrap of Caria between 351 and 344, member of the Hecatomnid dynasty. Labraunda, Hecatomnid tomb Idrieus (or Hidrieus as he is…
Ikiztepe Usak, Incense burner |
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, A man from Sindhu, carrying gold |
Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans: general name for the people speaking an Indo-European language. They are (linguistic) descendants of the people of the Yamnaya culture (c.3600-2300 BCE) in Ukraine and southern Russia, and settled in the area from Western Europe to India in various migrations in…Inscription DSaa
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.DSaa, inscription on a slab of stone [This text from Susa is a Babylonian, abridged variant of DSf on…