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. |