This episode is one of a three part series on the Fall of the Sasanians, produced in Persian.Kirjoittanut Khodadad Rezakhani

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Cyrus and the conquest of Media and Elam.

This episode will talk about the Kingdom of Anshan and the historical context of the rise of Cyrus. It will also retell the story of the birth of Cyrus as told by Herodotus and provides a corrective.Kirjoittanut Khodadad Rezakhani

This is a survey of the world in which Cyrus started his career. A look at the Mediterranean World, China, Central Asia, and then the Mesopotamian context for the rise of Cyrus.Kirjoittanut Khodadad Rezakhani

History of Iran podcast, episode nine. On the Herodotian narrative of the Median Empire and modern scholarship's correctives to it.Kirjoittanut Khodadad Rezakhani

where I apologise about the temporary break and talk about the upcoming episode

The history the Neo-Elamite kingdom, 1100-539 BCE

A quick summary of the Indo-European theory, before delving into Indo-Iranians... and yes, a bit about the Aryans and the Ariians...

In this episode we talk about the ethno-linguistic make up of western Iran in the second and early first millenia BCE.Kirjoittanut Khodadad Rezakhani

The Middle Elamites, from 1500-1100 BCE

History of the Sukkalmah (ca. 1950-1600 BCE) or the Golden Age of the Old Elamite Kingdom

A quick summary of the history from the middle Chalcolithich to 1700 BCE.Kirjoittanut Khodadad Rezakhani

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