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Accounts of Persian Despotism and Law Narrations found in Herodotus's The Histories, written c. 430 B.C. and The Book of Esther, written c. 300 B.C. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/persianlaw.html

Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions from Persepolis in Electronic Form An article containing images as written by Matthew W. Stolper. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/nn/spr98_ari.html

Ancient Mesopotamia Visit sites within Babylon, Assyria, and Persia through the many images. http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/

Artaxerxes III Chronicle A tablet dealing with the sack of Sidon c.346 B.C.E. http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc9/artaxerxes.html

Avesta - Zoroastrian Archives A significant collection of Zoroastrian texts. http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html

A Collection of Contracts from Mesopotamia Covering areas of sales and purchases, rentals, labor contracts, co-partnerships, loans and mortgages, bankruptcy, power of attorney, marriage, divorce, adoption, and inheritance. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/mesopotamia-contracts.html

Ctesiphon one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of Persia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon

The Decree of Return for the Jews As written by Kurash (Cyrus) the Great. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/539cyrus1.html

Farvardyn Source on religions, culture, civilization, rituals and ceremonies of the gateway of the east, and provides information on holy and dead languages of the lost world of Iran. http://www.farvardyn.com/

Gorgan History of region of Varkana located southeast of the Caspian Sea. http://medlem.spray.se/davidgorgan/History.html

Iran Highlights Visiting historical sites, includes general information, facts, and images. http://www.key2persia.com/Iran_highlights.htm

Iran in the Bible Persia and its people according to the Bible, including images, audio, and links. http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/

List of Kings of Persia Listing of dynasties and the rulers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Kings

Median and Achaemenid Empire Photos of architecture and archaeological finds. http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ugk/

On The Customs of the Persians Paper by Herodotus. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persians.html

Persepolis and Ancient Iran Document on architecture, reliefs, and finds of the palaces at Persepolis, prehistoric mound of Tall-i-Bakun, Islamic city mound, and aerial survey flights with photographs. http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI.html

Persia Extensive collection of short articles. http://www.livius.org/persia.html

Persia Links to online articles. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook05.html

Persia and the Greeks - The Defence of the West, C. 546- 478 B.C Andrew Robert Burn provides a fairly balanced view of the Achaemenids in their dealings with the Greeks, 1962 by subscription. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=1369969

Persian Empire A detailed account of the empire that includes photographs, maps, chart, and links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Persia

PersianEmpire.info Articles on the Medians, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, and the Sassanids. Features mp3 lectures, royal lines, and timeline. http://persianempire.info/

The Persians Informational background on the empire and its leaders. http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/PERSIANS.HTM

The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State An excerpt from Herodotus's The History. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persdemo.html

Perspolis Images of ruins with comments. http://persia.org/imagemap/perspolis.html

Queen Tomyris of the Massagetai and the Defeat of the Persians Written account by Herodotus. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/tomyris.html

Sassanian Empire Coinage list by king and date. http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html

The Seal of Darius the Great Description of an owned item with images and illustrations. http://www.livius.org/da-dd/darius/darius_i_t11.html

The Selections of Zadspram A ninth century Pahlavi compilation of excerpts from the Avesta and Zand that reflects basic elements of the faith, containing both orthodox and heterodox doctrines. http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/zadspram.htm

Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C A picture of women and their economic and political importance in the empire by Maria Brosius, 1998 by subscription. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59181013