HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pasargadae, Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrianism
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Formation of primary persian political and religious tradition, 558. Questions for today: what constitutes the primary political traditions of persian civilization, how did darius contribute to the formation of the primary political tradition of. The rise of persian empire: from babylonian empire to assyrian empire, invasion by medes and persians. The assyrian empire su ered from invasions from nomadic tribes such as. Medes: an ancient iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day iran. Consequently, the area is known as media: they were the ancestors of the kurds. Persians: an ancient iranian people who lived in present-day iran. The persian people are de ned by the use of the persian language as their mother tongue. In fact, before 1935 iran was known as persia. Persians overthrew the medes and created the persian empire: major dynasties of the persian empire.
