during last few years, three seasons of excavations at the ultan qalasi, one season of stratigraphy in nadir tepesi and a short season of survey in mughan steppe enriched our knowledge about the ancient landscape of the area. the mughan steppe is a geographically diverse region in the northwestern corner of the islamic republic of iran, defined at the north by the aras (araxes) river and includ...

the newly found chah?r t?qi of mileh milehgeh is one of the fire-temples of the sassanian era that was built, like other fire-temples of that time, with pieces of rock and plaster. this chah?r t?qi which is the remaining core of a larger building consists of four stone walls of different sizes surrounded by a round corridor. inside this fire-temple there is a raised platform for setting up fire...

historical sources of early islamic centuries have been introduced “kelaar” as an flourishing city in the mountainous area between tabarestan and deilam which nowadays is known as “kelardasht” in mazandaran. in the middle of 3rd century, this city appeared as the political center of tabarestan uprising against taherian dynasty under hassan ibn zaid-e alavi leadership. despite of its importance ...

This paper presents the motivation as well as the development for Dynasty, a 3-D game. Dynasty is a multiplayer 3D first person shooter game that is based in Ancient China. Players compete against each other to collect the majority of chi (energy) in the world and restore it to order. This document also discusses the Software Requirements Specification and Design documents used to develop Dynas...

Qasr-e Shirin owes its prominence primarily to the Sassanian period and the attention the region received from Khosrow Parviz. Khosrow took the first steps to make Qasr-e-Shirin habitable by constructing a complex consisting of a palace, a fortress, a religious building, a defensive wall and a water conveyance system. Later, Qasr-e-Shirin is mentioned in several texts and travel itineraries. Th...

This article deciphers and analyzes a  previously unknown Sassanian mint location represented by the inscription WLČ., based on the analysis of a Middle Persian inscription found in Persepolis, and on the linguistic changes that occurred during the transition to modern Persian. Evidence is presented to show that this previously unknown Sassanian mint designation corresponds to the modern-day ci...

The kings of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty (1516-1700) frequently married close relatives in such a way that uncle-niece, first cousins and other consanguineous unions were prevalent in that dynasty. In the historical literature, it has been suggested that inbreeding was a major cause responsible for the extinction of the dynasty when the king Charles II, physically and mentally disabled, died i...