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Contributions link archaeology, history, religion, and philology to debate Iran’s political, religious, and ethnic dimensions, alongside Avestan geography, the Avesta and Achaemenids, and the role of the Magi.","Birth of the Persian Empire  \nBirth of the Persian Empire  \nVolume I  \nEdited By  \nVesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart  \nin association with The London Middle East Institute at SOAS  \nand  \nThe British Museum  \nPublished in 2005 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd  \n6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU  \n175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 [www.ibtauris.com](www.ibtauris.com)  \nIn the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St. Martin’s Press  \n175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010  \nCopyright © 2005 Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sarah Stewart  \nThe right of Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sarah Stewart to be identified as editors of this work has been asserted by the editors in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988.  \nThe publication of this book was generously supported by the Soudavar Memorial Foundation.  \nAll rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.  \nISBN 1 84511 062 5  \nEAN 978 1 84511 062 8  \nA full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library  \nA full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalogue card: available  \nTypeset by P. Fozooni  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall from camera-ready copy edited and supplied by the editors  \nContents  \nIntroduction 1  \nCyrus the Great and the Kingdom of Anshan 7  \nAn Archaeologist’s Approach to Avestan Geography 29  \nThe Achaemenids and the Avesta 52  \nThe Contribution of the Magi 85  \nThe History of the Idea of Iran 100  \nIron Age Iran and the Transition to the Achaemenid Period 112  \nList of Abbreviations 132  \nBibliography 133  \nList of Figures  \nMap showing the principal sites in southwestern Iran mentioned in the 10 text  \nPersian nobleman at Persepolis wearing the “Elamite” dagger 12  \nBath-tub coffin of Kidin-Hutran, son of Kurlush, from the Neo-Elamite 17 tomb at Arjan  \nModern impression of a cylinder seal in the Louvre, bearing the legend 17 “Parsirra, son of Kurlush”(after Amiet 1973)  \nComposite drawing of impressions on Persepolis fortification texts 596– 18 695 and 2003 by M.C. Root and M.B. Garrison  \nMap according to Gnoli (adapted from Gnoli 1980) 32 Map according to Vogelsang 33  \nMap according to Humbach 34  \nMap according to Witzel 35  \nMap according to Frantz Grenet 44  \nAerial photograph of the Hellenic town of Ai Khanum 46  \nPottery vessel in the form of a humped-backed bull from tomb 18 at 113  \nMarlik, National Museum of Iran. Photograph J.E. Curtis  \nHorse’s breastplate from Hasanlu, National Musem of Iran. Photograph 114 J.E.Curtis  \nBronze drinking-cup in the form of a ram’s head from Hasanlu, National 115 Museum of Iran. Photograph J. E. Curtis  \nDish in “Egyptian blue” with bird’s head on rim, from excavations at 117  \nZiwiyeh in 1977, National Museum of Iran. Photograph J. E. Curtis Drawings of seals and a sealing from Tepe Nush-i Jan 120  \nDrawings of possible Achaemenid period material from Tepe Nush-i Jan 122  \nThe base and the top part of a bronze stand found in an Elamite tomb at 124  \nArjan, National Museum of Iran. Photograph J. E. Curtis  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis proceedings of the first series and the planning of future series have developed with the support and invaluable advice of a number of people. The editors would like to thank Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian, Ardavan Farmanfarmaian, Susan Salmanpour, Narguess Farzad and Nazi Mahlouji.  \nThis book could not have been published without the dedication and expertise of Parvis Fozooni, who typeset and formatted all the papers and scanned the images.  \nThe editors are also grateful to Iradj Bagherzade and staff at I.B.Tauris for their support.  \nIntroduction  \nVesta Sarkh","cbCaii3eJ8qlosLn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii3eJ8qlosLn","pdf",2306583,2,1,156,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Cyrus the Great and the Kingdom of Anshan\n## An Archaeologist’s Approach to Avestan Geography\n## The Achaemenids and the Avesta\n## The Contribution of the Magi\n## The History of the Idea of Iran\n## Iron Age Iran and the Transition to the Achaemenid Period\n## List of Abbreviations\n## Bibliography","[{\"question\":\"What is the central theme of the lecture series presented in this volume?\",\"answer\":\"The volume explores ideas about 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