Weeks | Topics |
1 |
Introduction, topics and sources
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2 |
The Iranian world in the first millenium BC.
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3 |
The historical outline of the Median kingdom from its foundation to its fall.
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4 |
The Persian empire: the Sources and the problems
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5 |
From Cyrus to Darius: the rise of Persian empire
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6 |
Darius and the reorgnization of the Persian world
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7 |
The Persian world in the 5th and 4th centuries
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8 |
Alexander the Great and the end of the Persian world and the legacy of Alexander
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9 |
The emergence of the Parthian kingdom
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10 |
The Parthians and the Romans
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11 |
Mid term exams
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12 |
the Rise of the Sassanian dynasty
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13 |
the Sasanids, Romans and Byzantines
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14 |
Byzantines, Islam and the end of the Iranian World
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