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History : Iran

May include timelines, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, auxiliary studies (e.g. stamps and coins).

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AVESTA-Zoroastrian Archives (http://www.avesta.org)
An archive which provides the complete English text of the Avesta, the sacred book of the Zoroastrians, as well as of other Pahlavi texts. Related links are also provided.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Infoplease.com (http://www.infoplease.com)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Iran-A Country Study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html)
Though published in 1987, this product of the Library of Congress' Federal research Division nonetheless provides, inter alia, useful narrative accounts of the history, geography, demography, and culture of Iran.

The Oriental Institute Museum (http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/OI%5FPA.html)
The Museum of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute offers on this page photographs of monuments in ancient Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Egypt. Links to related sites are also provided.

Persia: Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/)
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook's website (part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project) provides a narrative on ancient Persian history, life, society and culture. Links to Mediaeval and modern history sites are provided as well.

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