The History of Ancient Iran

Achaemenid Afghanistan Ahuramazda Alexander ancient Antiochus Antiochus III Arabic Arachosia Aramaic archaeological Ardashir Armenia army Arsaces Arsacid Artabanus Artaxerxes Assyrian Azerbaijan Babylon Babylonia Bactria Bahram bibliography Buddhist Byzantine called Cambyses Caspian Central Asia Chosroes coinage coins conquest cult culture Cyrus Darius the King defeated Demetrius dynasty east eastern Iran Elamite Elymais empire excavations existence find fire first flourished geography Greco-Bactrian Greek Hatra Hellenistic Hephthalites Herodotus Hindukush Hormizd identified India influence inscription Iran Iranian plateau Islamic Kanishka Khwarezmian Kushan land language later legends Medes Media mentioned Mesopotamia Mithridates Moscow mountains Narseh nomads Oxus Parthian Pasargadae period Persepolis Persian Phraates probably province reconstruction reign religion revolt River Roman royal rule rulers Saith Darius Saka Sasanian satrap scholars Scythians Seistan Seleucid Seleucus settlements Shapur Shapur II significance Sogdian sources supra Susa Syria texts throne tribes Urartian Vologases Zoroastrian