Article: Timeline of important events in Iran, 8,000 BCE to the present.(Chronology)

Article: Life in a Fifth-Millennium BCE Village: Excavations at ...
Near Eastern Archaeology;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The door of our light-blue Mercedes minibus closes. Heavy sugar bags of flotation samples, buckets full of sherds, and tiny small finds have all been securely stored in the back of the vehicle. Everyone has taken his or her usual place, looking out of the window or immediately falling asleep.

Article: TSX up on rumours of BCE takeover
Winnipeg Free Press;  March 30, 2007 ;     465 words ... ... prices with positive economic data. BCE shares (TSX:BCE) pulled back from an initial advance ... none are planned. At the close, BCE shares were up 6.37 per cent ... close since Dec. 20 -- driven up by Iran's ongoing seizure of British sailors ...

Article: Images as Media: Sources for the Cultural History of the Near ...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean (1st Millennium BCE). Edited by CHRISTOPH UEHLINGER. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis ... Niwinski), Assyria and Babylonia (Ursula Seidl, Irene Winter), Iran (Mark Garrison), Palestine (Pirhiya Beck, Leo Mildenberg ...

Article: The Zoroastrians: the faith thrived in Iran before Islam ...
Iran Times International (Washington, DC);  March 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 18th and 19th Century travelers to Iran who encountered this then-suppressed ... Although Alexander's conquest of Iran in 334 BCE decimated the Zoroastrian community ... Zoroastrianism the official creed of Iran. Its religious and cultural institutions ...

Article: Iran--a history.
New Internationalist;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Origins 3500-600 BCE Iran's rich history stretches back to the dawn of civilization in the fourth millennium BCE. The Elamite civilization, eventually ... the city of Susa in what is now eastern Iran, rivalled its near neighbours first in ...

Article: Another Hollywood film viewed as smear on Iran.(Culture: ...
Iran Times International (Washington, DC);  December 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Persians at Thermopylae in 480 BCE. Iran's representative to the United ... have also provoked outrage in Iran. The 2004 film "Alexander ... defeating Emperor Darius III in 330 BCE. But despite criticism from Iran, "The Wrestler" was nominated ...

Article: Iran's Jews Reject Cash Offer to Move to Israel.
Israel Faxx;  July 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... percent of those went to America, not Israel." Iran's Jewish population has dwindled from around ... Middle East apart from Israel. Jews have lived in Iran since at least 700 BCE. Hostility between Iran's Islamic government and Israel means Iranian ...