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Ellie Bennett

sharratu_EllieB

So in some minor exciting news, I think I figured out how Neo-Assyrian women's shoes worked. A short thread. 1/9 I've been needing to scratch my #reenactment itch, and ages

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan تاریخ خراسان

BiruniKhorasan

One of the most important differences between settled people and tribal people is the way they perceive and understand political power and authority, and not only the fact one is

Moses Zaree

MosesZaree

Important to reflect the history of power and how empires in different era's influenced and changed regions and the question if current power can mirror its precursor and to what

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ChrisKhach

1/7) The Armenian Highlands, gave birth to early states such as the Hayasa-Azzi (1500-1200), the Hurrians of Mitanni (1500-1200 BC), the Nairi Confederation (1200-900), and eventually Urartu or Ararat (860-585

Pahlevan

narangestan

For an Iranian, the greater one’s belief in Islam, the less they tend to care about the Iranian identity. This is evident when Khomeini landed back to Iran after his

〰Matt C〰

mattcrotts

Who was Philip II of Macedon?We often first think of him as the father of Alexander the Great, but is there more to this enigmatic figure than his world-conquering son?1/

Trevor Culley

HistoryofPersia

I dont like to hate on any thing about Persia because anything that gets people interested is good, but I have fairly negative feelings toward that book. Nothing I say

🐀به کیرم

godsaph

mfw every civilization near my country believed females were dirty, dictated what we wore, how we lived and what we got to do and enslaved feminine/gay males as “the third

Omer Sayadi

MENAsymbolism

The cosmic movements of the heavenly bodies has always intrigued mankind all throughout history. To depict this "moving of the gods", the earliest civilizations used feathered wings to symbolize the

Las Plumas de Sīmurgh

PlumasDeSimurgh

Jashn-e Sadeh, bachā! Yesterday this Zoroastrian festival was celebrated and here we come, to bring you a brief insight into its history! #Sadeh #Iran #Zoroastrianism Here's a thread! Sadeh

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Alright, going to pick up again live-tweeting my reactions to the next few videos in Steven Pressfield's 'The Warrior Archteype series.' I looked at the first five videos last time

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: WHEN GREECE RULED INDIA]1/89Some time in the 7th century AD, Sanskrit writer Bāṇabhaṭṭa did a biography on his patron, emperor Harshavardhana. It was titled Harṣacarīta and is said to

Khaled Homoud Alshareef 🇸🇦

0khalodi0

The False Promise of Peace in the Middle East , how powers work in darkness to hinder peace and destabilize the fragile region through fighting real reformers and peace seeking

Pahlevan

narangestan

Mithraism is a religion that spearheads the Mazdaist god Mehr (Mithras in the West) at its helm as a purveyor of light, justice, truth, covenant, and etc. In this thread

Ashkan Etemadi

AshkanTweets

Iran under the Shah was advancing on every front. Sport was no exceptionHe should be given credit for single handedly inspiring a culture of sport & healthy living among the

Ed Crooks

Ed_Crooks

It's Saturday, so it's time for another oil history thread. This week: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, the great Persian scientist, doctor and alchemist, who lived between 865 and

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