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About.com: Persian Empire
Includes information on Persepolis, Asia Minor, and a timetable.
ancienthistory.about.com/homework/ancienthistory/msub39.htm
Ancient Iran - Persepolis - Persia
Includes a timeline, information on the Persian Wars, and Cyrus the Great.
www.crystalinks.com/iran.html
Assassins, The (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Persian_Empire/Assassins__The
Cyrus the Great (590-529 BCE) (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Persian_Empire/Cyrus_the_Great__590_529_BCE_
Daily Bible Study - The Persian Empire
Includes a map, kings list, and general background information.
www.execulink.com/~wblank/20000227.htm
Darius the Great (550-486 BCE) (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Persian_Empire/Darius_the_Great__550_486_BCE_
History of Persian Empire
Includes links Persian history as well as translations of ancient texts.
iran-tarikh.tripod.com
Persepolis
Catalog of photographs of the ruins of the ancient capitol of the Persian Empire. Presented by the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI.html
Smithsonian Institution: Love & Yearning [read review]
Flash exhibit exploring mystical and moral themes in Persian poetry and painting.
www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/loveyearning
Splendor of Persia
Includes information on the empire's great kings, scared city of Persepolis, and the Parthians.
ali.sdc.uwo.ca/splendor.html

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