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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Persian Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran).
		Cyrus rallied the Persians together, and in 550 BC defeated the forces of Astyages, who was then captured by his own nobles and turned over to the triumphant Cyrus, now Shah of a unified Persian kingdom.
		In 913, West-Persia was conquered by the Buwayhid, a native Persian tribal confederation from the shores of the Caspian Sea.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Persian_Empire (4541 words)

	Persia article - Persia Iran Fars Persian language Middle Persian Hellenized March 21 - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Westerners referred to Iran as Persia until March 21, 1935, when Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asked the international community to call the country by its native name, Iran, which means the country of Aryans.
		Persians are descended from the Aryans, an Indo-European people that migrated to the region of Fars from Central Asia c.
		The Persians gradually conquered territory from the natve kingdom of Elam, including the important region of Anshan.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Persia (3154 words)

	Zoroaster Zarathustra - Crystalinks
		His birthday is celebrated on March 26, as part of the Iranian New Year Festival.
		Another question is the extent to which the later Zoroastrian religion (Mazdaism) of the Sasanian period (ad 224-651) genuinely reflected the teachings of Zoroaster.
		A third question is the extent to which the sources--the Avesta (the Zoroastrian scriptures) with the Gathas (older hymns), the Middle Persian Pahlavi Books, and reports of various Greek authors--offer an authentic guide to Zoroaster's ideas.
	www.crystalinks.com /z.html (3430 words)

	Records International catalogue October 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Hovhanessian's two works are for chorus and orchestra - the former written in 1968 to mark the 2,750th anniversary of the founding of Yerevan and the latter (1969) a rousing patriotic celebration of a victory over the Turks in 1918.
		These are attractive, well-constructed works which may not plumb the depths of his most famous contemporaries but which shed light on the symphonic aspect of this prolific composer, professor, conductor and spokesman for the French Revolution.
		The two marches which fill out the disc date from around 1840 and are performed from the original manuscripts.
	www.recordsinternational.com /RICatalogOct98.html (11710 words)

	Iran: Women
		Iranian Women's Organization of Ontario-A group of volunteers working towards a better life for Iranian women and their families.
		New Poems of Simin Behbahani - BBC Persian (March 18, 2005)
		Iran salutes female 'Schumacher' - BBC (March 14, 2005)
	www.parstimes.com /women (2374 words)

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