Reference
Persia (Britannica)
Persia (The Columbia Encyclopedia)
Persia (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Persia (Ancient History Encyclopedia)
Persia (Internet History Sourcebook)
Persia (Livius.org)
Persia (The History Files)
Persia (Khan Academy)
Persia: Articles & Essays (CAIS)

Persia (General)
A Brief History of the Persian Empire (CAIS)
Pre-Achaemenid Iran
Cyrus the Greats' Cylinder (CAIS) | Gallery
Herodotus: On The Customs of the Persians, c. 430 BCE
The Laws of the Ancient Persians
The Splendor of Persia
The Persian Wars by Herodotus
Persia or Iran?
Women's Lives in Ancient Persia

Persian Dynasties
Achaemenid Dynasty (700-330 B.C.E.)
Parthian Dynasty (247 B.C.-224 A.D.)
Sassanid Dynasty (224-651 A.D.)

Ancient Persian Art
The Art of Ancient Iran; Pre-Islamic Culture
Achaemenid Art and Architecture (Iranica)
Parthian Art (Iranica)
Sasanian Art (Iranica)

Ancient Religions
Manichaeism
Mazdakism
Mithraism
Zoroastrianism
Zurvanism
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Images
The British Museum
The Louvre Collection
Getty Museum
The Metropolitan Museum
The Oriental Institute
Smithsonian Institution

Digital Archives & Manuscripts
Persian manuscripts (British Library)
Persian manuscripts (Library of Congress)
Persian language manuscripts (Library of Congress)

Maps
Asprey's Atlas of the World c. 1920
Hume-Griffith, M.E Map of Persia and Turkish part of Arabia c. 1909
Earl of Ronaldshay, William Blackwood and Sons c. 1902
Mitchell, S. Augustus. Mitchell's New General Atlas c. 1866.
Mitchell, S. Augustus. New Universal Atlas c. 1857
Joseph Pierre Ferrier. Second Edition 1857 c. 1856
John Tallis's Map of Persia c. 1851
Thomson Map of Persia c. 1814
Persia c. 1808
Accurate Map of Persia c. 1767 (LOC)
Fred Ramen, Safavid Persian Empire. c. 1744
Seuterri Map of Persia c. 1730
Persia c. 1729
Persian Empire c. 1720
Jodocus Hondius's Map c. 1610
German map of the region c. 1598

Documentary Video
Engineering an Empire: The Persians (2006)
Storm Over Persia (2004)
Persepolis Recreated
Iran, Seven faces of civilization
British Museum: Ancient Persia
British Museum: Forgotten Empire the world of Ancient Persia
Persian Secrets of Ahura Mazda and the Cosmos

Related Links
History of Iran
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