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Why the battles for Persia became a turning point in Middle Eastern history

The Islamic conquest of Persia unfolded during a moment of deep instability within the Sassanian Empire. Years of war with ...
Tehran Times

“Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires” published in Persian

Khosro Khajeh Nouri and Neda Honarmandi have translated the book and Amir Kabir Publishing House has brought it out in 727 pages, ISNA reported. The 10th volume in the series “The Idea of Iran,” the ...
Townhall

The Persian Gulf: Past, Present, and Future

Recently there have been rumors of President Trump changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the “Arabian Gulf,” causing great concern and even anger among millions of Iranians. At the same time, there ...
insider.si.edu

Ancient Persia : a concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE / Matt Waters, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r. 522 486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the ...
Yahoo

"Cooking, to me, is an art form": Leila Heller on the rich history of Persian food

Leila Heller, the president of contemporary art galleries in New York and Dubai, happens to also be the author of one of the most beautiful cookbooks released this year. Titled "Persian Feasts" — and ...
Salon

“Cooking, to me, is an art form”: Leila Heller on the rich history of Persian food

Leila Heller, the president of contemporary art galleries in New York and Dubai, happens to also be the author of one of the most beautiful cookbooks released this year. Titled "Persian Feasts" — and ...