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- Ancient Khuzistan - Archeological images.
www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ug/ugf.html
- FlyingFish - Salman Rushdie, British Petroleum (BP) and Iran - Britain's current foreign policy towards Iran and Salman Rushdie's situation, history of BP's origins as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the 1953 BP/MI6/CIA-orchestrated coup of Iran's president Mussadiq, who was intent on reclaiming Iran's resources from the grip of foreign powers.
www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/rushdie/price.htm
- History and Language of Persia - History, language, pictures and essays about Persia. Some information on Cyrus, Darius, Achaemenid, Sassanian and Zoroaster.
www.ParsZamin.com
- History of Ancient Iran - Original texts about Ancient Iran (Persian Empire)
iran-tarikh.tripod.com
- History of Iran - Online book prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
www.cyberiran.com/history
- History of Iran - (Encyclopedia.com)
www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06451.html
- History of Iran - (Encarta Encyclopedia).
encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/3D/03DE4000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1
- History of the Christians In Iran - Book by Zarin Behravesh Pakizegi.
www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/historyof/index.html
- Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies - Historical research center based in Iran. Site features online photos and historical documents.
www.iichs.org
- Iran Photo Album - Persian history, artifacts, and music. Numerous photos of objects and places dating from 5000 BC.
oznet.net/iran
- Iran, History, Land and People - A general overview of events and people in the region now part of Iran from the time of the Aryans to the present day.
www.sanibrite.ca/iran
- Middle East and West Asia Chronology - Includes an introduction to the Assyrian, Persian, Parthian, Sassanid and Islamic Empires.
campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/MiddleEast/MiddleEast.html
- Parthia: The Forgotten Empire - Uses Parthian drachmas to illustrate and illuminate the history of the Partian Empire.
www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/nnc/parthia/frames/parhom.htm
- Parthian Empire - The History of Ancient Parthia - Non-commercial, educational web site dedicated to the history and coins of ancient Parthia with sections on geography and resources. Includes a bibliography that exceeds 1,100 items directly concerned with Parthia.
www.parthia.com
- Payk - Repository of documents related to the 1953 coup d'etat in Iran.
www.payk.net
- Persia or Iran, a Brief History - This section of Iransaga provides an insight into Persian history pre-twentieth century.
www.art-arena.com/history.html
- Savage Shahs of Persia - Short biography of Nadir Shah Afshar (1688-1747), who was a very harsh and suspicious ruler and who blinded his own son.
www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm
- The Assassins of Alamut - Electronic book on the Assassins, a mediaeval heretical Iranian sect.
homepage.ntlworld.com/anthony.campbell1/assassins/index.html
- Timeline of Iranian History - From Mage Publishing.
www.mage.com/TLbody.html
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