Historic Periods & Events
The Elamite Empire, 2500 - 644 BCE
By: Cyrus Shahmiri
The Art of Elamites, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
The Median Empire, 728 - 550 BCE
Ecbatana, (The capital of the ancient Median empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Rhagae, (Religious center in ancient Median empire)
By: Jona Lendering
The Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCE
The Cyrus the Great Cylinder
The first known Charter of Rights of Nations, 539 BCE.
Edited by: Shapour Ghasemi
Cyrus the Great: The decree of return for the Jews, 539 BCE
Edited by: Charles F. Horne
The Art of Achaemenids, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
Eye of the king, (Inspector in the Achaemenid empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Pasargadae, (Oldest of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Darius the Great's Inscription at Naqshe Rostam
Words of Darius the Great in Bisotoun's Inscription
Susa, (Favorite residence of the Persian king Darius I the Great)
By: Jona Lendering
Achaemenid Army
By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
Immortals, (Elite regiment in the ancient Achaemenid empire)
By: Jona Lendering
Persepolis, (or Parse, ancient capital of Persian -Achaemenid- Empire)
By: Dariush Moghaddam
Royal Road, 5th century BCE
By: Jona Lendering
The Persian Wars
By: Professor Livio C. Stecchini
Histories of Herodotus, (A reference of Persian Empire of Achaemenian era)
By: Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Cyropaedia of Xenophon, The Life of Cyrus The Great
By: Xenophon
Anabasis of Xenophon, (A reference of Persian Empire of Achaemenian era)
By: Xenophon
The Anabasis of Alexander: The Battle of Gaugamela
By: Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus)
The Battle of Gaugamela
By: Ernst Badian
Persian Syria 538-331 BCE; Two Centuries of Persian Rule
By: Adnan Bounni
Palestine Under the Persians 539-332 BCE
By: Dr David F. Graf
Seleucid Empire, 306 - c.150 BCE
By: Jens Jakobsson
Iran After the Death of Alexander and Its Resistance to Hellenism
By: Maryam Hedayati
The Parthian Empire, 247 BCE - 224 CE
The Art of Parthians, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
Parthian Army
By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
Ctesiphon (Parthian: Tyspwn), The capital of the Parthians and the Sassanids
By: Jona Lendering
General Surena, The Hero of Carrhae
By: Shapour Suren-Pahlav
The Sassanid Empire, 224 - 642 CE
A Review of Sassanid Images and Inscriptions
By: Asghar Mahmoudabadi
The Karnamak-e Ardeshir-e Papakan
By: Charles F. Horne
Emperor Ardeshir and the cycle of history
Dr. Richard Frye
Economy In Sassanian Iran
Rika Gyselen
The Art of Sassanians, (The Art of Ancient Iran of Pre-Islamic era)
By: Edith Porada
Sassanian Army
By: Professor A. Sh. Shahbazi
Manichaeism, (The Forgotten Religion of Sassanid Era)
By: I.J.S. Taraporewala
Mazdakism, (A religious and social movement of Sassanid Era)
By: I.J.S. Taraporewala
Saffarid Dynasty, 861 - 900 CE
Samanid Dynasty, 819 - 999 CE
By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Turks and Mongols, 10th - 15th century CE
Ziyarids Dynasty, 927 - 1043 CE
Ghaznavid Dynasty, 962 - 1186 CE
Ismailieh (Assassins), 11th century CE
Safavid Empire, 1502 - 1736
By: Shapour Ghasemi
Afsharid Dynasty (Nader Shah), 1736 - 1757
The Siege of Herat 1837 - 1838
By: John Carl Nelson
The Qajar class structure
By: Ahmad Ashraf and Ali Banuazizi
Constitutional Revolution, 1906 - 1911
Pahlavi Dynasty, 1925 - 1979
By: Shapour Ghasemi
Oil Nationalization, 1949 - 1951
A short account of American planned 1953 Coup
Operation code-name: TP-AJAX
The post-Mosaddeq era and the Shah's White Revolution
Islamic Revolution of 1979 and Establishment of Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran after the victory of 1979's Revolution
Iran-Iraq War 1980 - 1988, (A short account of Iraqi invasion)