Note: To continue investigation of Medieval Persian Culture, see the Islamic History Sourcebook. Persia: General. WEB Encyclopedia Iranica Very detailed entries, but only D and E ...

Iranian Cultural & Information Center was the first Iranian web site on the Internet. Started at Stanford University in California for the purpose of learning

Persia (pûr`zhə, –shə), old alternate name for the Asian country Iran. The article Iran Iran (ērän`, ĭrăn`), officially Islamic Republic of Iran, republic (2005 est. pop.

DYNASTIES & RULERS: MEDIAN DYNASTY 728-550 BCE: ACHAEMENID DYNASTY ca. 650-330 BCE: MACEDONIAN DYNASTY 330-310BCE; Foreign rulers: Alexander the Great: 330-323

noun . 1. Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334 ...

Persia Historical name for a region roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, and originally

The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Official website of Persia Walker, author of Harlem Redux and Darkness and the Devil Behind Me: book excerpts, author bio, blog, contests, short stories, and more.

PERSIA, a kingdom of western Asia, bounded on the N. by the Caspian Sea and the Russian Transcaucasian and Transcaspian territories, on the E. by Afghanistan and Baluchistan, on ...