History of Iran: Iranologie.com

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15 December 2012: A Major Revamp of the Site, many new files added.

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The History Page at Iranologie.com has been a personal project of Khodadad Rezakhani since 1996. It was once completely lost due to technical reasons, but it is being constantly updated. The goal of the project is to make available to the public a readable, simple, and accessible narrative of the history of the Iranian World, not the modern nation-state. It will be supplemented by various articles related to this historical narrative.

December 17, 2012 (Updated! log)

The History of Iran Page

Contents

I) From the Ancient Times to 650 CE

Iran Before Iranians
Iranians Before Iran
The Empire of the Medes
The Achaemenid Empire
The Seleucid and the Arsacid Empires
The Sasanian Empire

III) From Safavids to Modern Iran

The Safavid Empire NEW
Afshar Dynasty
Zands and their Rivals
Qajars (part 2)
The Pahlavis to 1941

II) From Islam to the Safavids

The Islamic Caliphate NEW
the Saffarid Dynasty NEW
the Samanid Dynasty NEW
the Buyid Dynasty NEW
The Turkic Empires
The Mongols
Timur and His Successors

IV) Miscellaneous

About Iranian Historiography
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Links to Select History Sites

Ancient World Web
Parthia.com
Argos
World History Project
The Coins and History of Asia
World Roots
Ancient Coins
Avesta Web Server