hyrcania (gorgan) has long attracted men of power due to its strategic and economic location. according to historical evidence, the iranian governments before the sassanid dynasty, attempted to dominate the region in order to consolidate their power. the sassanid dynasty, following the same policy of the former dynasties, not only established an important military base there but also constructe...

it  is  the  tribal  structure  of  society  and  power  with  which  one  can  explain  many  developments  in  ancient  iran  in  particular  in  the  achaemenian  period.  the  ancient  authors  confirm  that  seven  families with various  names  played  an  important  role  in  political,  economic and  military  structures  of  persia  from  this time  up  to  the end of  sasanian  period....

jondishapour school was the first center of cultural transmission in the world among various civilizations like the greek, syriac, hindi, chinese and roman formed by permissive policies of khosro anushirvan in iran. the idea that iranian knowledge can be flourished with the help of progress made in science in different cultures was, for the first time, suggested by khosro anushirvan and his com...

on the one hand, the vacant position of study about impact of achaemenid empire on eastern states is due to silence by classic authors in dealing with these lands; and on the other hand, it is reffered to shortage of archeological artifacts relating to achaemenids at the given region. in the present essay, by the aid of reminiscent works and economic and administrative evidences obtained from e...

the academic center of jundishapur has been among significant ones in the old east. an important issue in recognizing such a center is studying the factors relative to its academic growth, among which the following can be enumerated: the emigration of christian scientists, the sassanid king’s attention to the city, etc. the important matter, however, is the consistency of this center in academi...