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Why were the Iranian Empires so Successful?
The YouTube video entitled "Why were the Iranian Empires so Successful?" was created by the Kings and Generals educational video history
The Cyrus Cylinder, Eleanor Roosevelt & The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The article below by Angelina Perri Birney and Lawrence Birney had been originally posted Kavehfarrokh.com on April 28, 2013, and
The Sassanian Game-board of ‘Hashtpay’
The article below is written by Antonio Panaino and originally posted in the CAIS website hosted by Shapour Suren-Pahlav in
The Ancient Iranians of Europa
The article below is by Dr. Oric Basirov. This originally appeared in the CAIS (Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies) venue and
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Academic Article on Iranian Women at War
The prestigious Casa Editrice Persiani based in Italy has published following article on the historical role of Iranian women in war (available for download
The Mithraic Mysteries
The original draft of article below, The Mithraic Mysteries, was originally written by the late Franz Cumont (1868-1947),
Sharon Turner: The Persian Origin of Anglo-Saxon Words
The article below was written in a letter Sharon Turner in 1827 and was first posted in the CAIS
Battle Simulation: Celtic Warrior versus Iranian Immortal Guard
One primary that has been not been asked in depth by military historians (and historians in general) is
Marco Polo and the Persian Gulf
The Italian explorer and merchant Marco Polo (1254-1324) is famous in history for his epic journey along the
An Ancient Ancestor of the Pizza Dish
The article "A Look at how the World Invented Pizza" written by Alexandru Micu was published in ZME
Helmut Nickel: The Dawn of the Age of Chivalry
The article below by Helmut Nickel was originally published by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1975. Readers can download the original article
Chinese-Iranian Relations in Pre-Islamic Times
This article by Edwin G. Pulleyblank on Chinese-Iranian relations was originally published in the Encyclopedia Iranica on December 15, 1991 and last updated on October
UNESCO: Sassanian Archaeological Landscape of the Fars Region
In a report provided by UNESCO on Jul, 2, 2018, eight Sassanian archaeological sites have been officially identified as heritage sites. These are located in
World’s Earliest known Wine
The article below by Mark Berkowitz entitled “World's Earliest Wine” was printed in Archaeology: A Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America (Volume 49 Number
Persian Roots of Puccini’s Opera Turandot (Turandokht)
The article “Persian roots of Puccini’s opera Turandot” (posted 29 November 2019) on Leiden University’s Leiden Medievalists Blog has been penned by Dr. Asghar Seyed
Photos of the Atashgah (Zoroastrian Fire Temple) in Tbilisi, Georgia
The photos of the Zoroastrian fire temple or Atashgah of Tbilisi in Georgia were provided to www.KavehFarrokh.com in late 2017 by Dr. Nadir Gohari of
















