550 Bce

Mixing Vessel with Odysseus Escaping from the Cyclops's Cave, 550-500 B.C.E.

Duration: 8:22
Updated: 02 Jul 2013

Unknown, Mixing Vessel with Odysseus Escaping from the Cyclops's Cave, 550-500 B.C.E. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Francesca Tronchin, Dr. Steven Zucker ht...

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Achaemenid Empire and Darius I ( 550--486 BCE)

Duration: 59:04
Updated: 14 Mar 2014

Darius I (Old Persian: Dārayava(h)uš; New Persian: داریوش یکم هخامنشی c. 550--486 BCE) was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak, when it included much of West Asia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, parts of the Balkans (Bulgaria-Pannonia), portions of north and northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya),[1] eastern Libya, coastal Sudan, Eritrea, as well as most of Pakistan, the Aegean Islands and northern Greece / Thrace-Macedonia.

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The seven wise men (sages) of antiquity 3/5

Duration: 9:42
Updated: 05 Nov 2010

The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men (Greek: οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620 BCE--550 BCE) was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early 6th century BCE philosophers, statesmen and law-givers who were renowned in the following centuries for their wisdom. Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized in an aphorism. Although the sages included in the list has sometimes varied, the most usual ones included are the following ones: * Cleobulus of Lindos: he would say that "Moderation is the best thing." He governed as tyranos of Lindos, in the greek island of Rhodes, circa 600 BC. * Solon of Athens: he said that "Keep everything with moderation". Solon (640-559 BC) was a famous legislator and social reformer from Athens, enforcing the laws that shaped the athenian democracy. * Chilon of Sparta: authored the aphorism "You should never desire the impossible". Chilon was a spartan politician from the 6th century BC, to whom the militarization of the spartan society is attributed. * Bias of Priene: "Most men are simply bad." Bias was a politician who became a famous legislator from the 6th century BC. * Thales of Miletus: Thales is the first known philosopher and mathematician. He famously said "Know thyself", a sentence so famous it was engraved on the fron façade of the Oracle of Apollo in Delphos. * Pittacus of Mytilene (c. 650 BC), governed Mytilene (Lesbos) along with Myrsilus. He tried to reduce the power of nobility and was able to govern Mytilene with the support of popular classes, to whom he favoured. He famously said "You should know which opportunities to choose". * Periander of Corinth: he was the tyranos of Corinth circa 7th and 6th centuries BC. Under his rule, Corinth knew a golden age of unprecedented prosperity and stability. He was known for "Be farsighted with everything". ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΠΤΑ ΣΟΦΟΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ ΣΟΛΩΝ ΧΕΙΛΩΝ ΒΙΑΣ ΘΑΛΗΣ ΠΙΤΤΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΛΙΝΔΟΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ ΠΡΙΗΝΗ ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ GREECE HELLAS WISE SAGES ANTIQUITY WISDOM CLEOBULUS SOLON CHILON BIAS THALES PITTACUS PERIANDER LINDOS RHODES ATHENS SPARTA PRIENE MILETUS MYTILENE CORINTH PHILOSOPHY

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The seven wise men (sages) of antiquity 4/5

Duration: 10:09
Updated: 05 Nov 2010

The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men (Greek: οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620 BCE--550 BCE) was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early 6th century BCE philosophers, statesmen and law-givers who were renowned in the following centuries for their wisdom. Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized in an aphorism. Although the sages included in the list has sometimes varied, the most usual ones included are the following ones: * Cleobulus of Lindos: he would say that "Moderation is the best thing." He governed as tyranos of Lindos, in the greek island of Rhodes, circa 600 BC. * Solon of Athens: he said that "Keep everything with moderation". Solon (640-559 BC) was a famous legislator and social reformer from Athens, enforcing the laws that shaped the athenian democracy. * Chilon of Sparta: authored the aphorism "You should never desire the impossible". Chilon was a spartan politician from the 6th century BC, to whom the militarization of the spartan society is attributed. * Bias of Priene: "Most men are simply bad." Bias was a politician who became a famous legislator from the 6th century BC. * Thales of Miletus: Thales is the first known philosopher and mathematician. He famously said "Know thyself", a sentence so famous it was engraved on the fron façade of the Oracle of Apollo in Delphos. * Pittacus of Mytilene (c. 650 BC), governed Mytilene (Lesbos) along with Myrsilus. He tried to reduce the power of nobility and was able to govern Mytilene with the support of popular classes, to whom he favoured. He famously said "You should know which opportunities to choose". * Periander of Corinth: he was the tyranos of Corinth circa 7th and 6th centuries BC. Under his rule, Corinth knew a golden age of unprecedented prosperity and stability. He was known for "Be farsighted with everything". ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΠΤΑ ΣΟΦΟΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ ΣΟΛΩΝ ΧΕΙΛΩΝ ΒΙΑΣ ΘΑΛΗΣ ΠΙΤΤΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΛΙΝΔΟΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ ΠΡΙΗΝΗ ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ GREECE HELLAS WISE SAGES ANTIQUITY WISDOM CLEOBULUS SOLON CHILON BIAS THALES PITTACUS PERIANDER LINDOS RHODES ATHENS SPARTA PRIENE MILETUS MYTILENE CORINTH PHILOSOPHY

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The seven wise men (sages) of antiquity 1/5

Duration: 12:04
Updated: 05 Nov 2010

The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men (Greek: οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620 BCE--550 BCE) was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early 6th century BCE philosophers, statesmen and law-givers who were renowned in the following centuries for their wisdom. Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized in an aphorism. Although the sages included in the list has sometimes varied, the most usual ones included are the following ones: * Cleobulus of Lindos: he would say that "Moderation is the best thing." He governed as tyranos of Lindos, in the greek island of Rhodes, circa 600 BC. * Solon of Athens: he said that "Keep everything with moderation". Solon (640-559 BC) was a famous legislator and social reformer from Athens, enforcing the laws that shaped the athenian democracy. * Chilon of Sparta: authored the aphorism "You should never desire the impossible". Chilon was a spartan politician from the 6th century BC, to whom the militarization of the spartan society is attributed. * Bias of Priene: "Most men are simply bad." Bias was a politician who became a famous legislator from the 6th century BC. * Thales of Miletus: Thales is the first known philosopher and mathematician. He famously said "Know thyself", a sentence so famous it was engraved on the fron façade of the Oracle of Apollo in Delphos. * Pittacus of Mytilene (c. 650 BC), governed Mytilene (Lesbos) along with Myrsilus. He tried to reduce the power of nobility and was able to govern Mytilene with the support of popular classes, to whom he favoured. He famously said "You should know which opportunities to choose". * Periander of Corinth: he was the tyranos of Corinth circa 7th and 6th centuries BC. Under his rule, Corinth knew a golden age of unprecedented prosperity and stability. He was known for "Be farsighted with everything". ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΠΤΑ ΣΟΦΟΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ ΣΟΛΩΝ ΧΕΙΛΩΝ ΒΙΑΣ ΘΑΛΗΣ ΠΙΤΤΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΛΙΝΔΟΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ ΠΡΙΗΝΗ ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ GREECE HELLAS WISE SAGES ANTIQUITY WISDOM CLEOBULUS SOLON CHILON BIAS THALES PITTACUS PERIANDER LINDOS RHODES ATHENS SPARTA PRIENE MILETUS MYTILENE CORINTH PHILOSOPHY

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The seven wise men (sages) of antiquity 2/5

Duration: 10:50
Updated: 05 Nov 2010

The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men (Greek: οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620 BCE--550 BCE) was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early 6th century BCE philosophers, statesmen and law-givers who were renowned in the following centuries for their wisdom. Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized in an aphorism. Although the sages included in the list has sometimes varied, the most usual ones included are the following ones: * Cleobulus of Lindos: he would say that "Moderation is the best thing." He governed as tyranos of Lindos, in the greek island of Rhodes, circa 600 BC. * Solon of Athens: he said that "Keep everything with moderation". Solon (640-559 BC) was a famous legislator and social reformer from Athens, enforcing the laws that shaped the athenian democracy. * Chilon of Sparta: authored the aphorism "You should never desire the impossible". Chilon was a spartan politician from the 6th century BC, to whom the militarization of the spartan society is attributed. * Bias of Priene: "Most men are simply bad." Bias was a politician who became a famous legislator from the 6th century BC. * Thales of Miletus: Thales is the first known philosopher and mathematician. He famously said "Know thyself", a sentence so famous it was engraved on the fron façade of the Oracle of Apollo in Delphos. * Pittacus of Mytilene (c. 650 BC), governed Mytilene (Lesbos) along with Myrsilus. He tried to reduce the power of nobility and was able to govern Mytilene with the support of popular classes, to whom he favoured. He famously said "You should know which opportunities to choose". * Periander of Corinth: he was the tyranos of Corinth circa 7th and 6th centuries BC. Under his rule, Corinth knew a golden age of unprecedented prosperity and stability. He was known for "Be farsighted with everything". ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΠΤΑ ΣΟΦΟΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ ΣΟΛΩΝ ΧΕΙΛΩΝ ΒΙΑΣ ΘΑΛΗΣ ΠΙΤΤΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΛΙΝΔΟΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ ΠΡΙΗΝΗ ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ GREECE HELLAS WISE SAGES ANTIQUITY WISDOM CLEOBULUS SOLON CHILON BIAS THALES PITTACUS PERIANDER LINDOS RHODES ATHENS SPARTA PRIENE MILETUS MYTILENE CORINTH PHILOSOPHY

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All About - Persian Empire

Duration: 2:18
Updated: 23 Jun 2014

What is Persian Empire? A report all about Persian Empire for homework/assignment The Persian Empire is any of a series of imperial dynasties centered in Persia (now Iran), with boundaries that ebbed and flowed from that core. The first of these was established over 2,500 years ago, in 550 BCE, but the existence of dynastic rule centered in the region was absent for an 850 year period, from 651 CE until 1501 CE. Intro/Outro music: Discovery Hit/Chucky the Construction Worker - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under CC:BA 3.0 Text derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire Text to Speech powered by TTS-API.COM Images are Public Domain

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The seven wise men (sages) of antiquity 5/5

Duration: 6:38
Updated: 05 Nov 2010

The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men (Greek: οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620 BCE--550 BCE) was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early 6th century BCE philosophers, statesmen and law-givers who were renowned in the following centuries for their wisdom. Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized in an aphorism. Although the sages included in the list has sometimes varied, the most usual ones included are the following ones: * Cleobulus of Lindos: he would say that "Moderation is the best thing." He governed as tyranos of Lindos, in the greek island of Rhodes, circa 600 BC. * Solon of Athens: he said that "Keep everything with moderation". Solon (640-559 BC) was a famous legislator and social reformer from Athens, enforcing the laws that shaped the athenian democracy. * Chilon of Sparta: authored the aphorism "You should never desire the impossible". Chilon was a spartan politician from the 6th century BC, to whom the militarization of the spartan society is attributed. * Bias of Priene: "Most men are simply bad." Bias was a politician who became a famous legislator from the 6th century BC. * Thales of Miletus: Thales is the first known philosopher and mathematician. He famously said "Know thyself", a sentence so famous it was engraved on the fron façade of the Oracle of Apollo in Delphos. * Pittacus of Mytilene (c. 650 BC), governed Mytilene (Lesbos) along with Myrsilus. He tried to reduce the power of nobility and was able to govern Mytilene with the support of popular classes, to whom he favoured. He famously said "You should know which opportunities to choose". * Periander of Corinth: he was the tyranos of Corinth circa 7th and 6th centuries BC. Under his rule, Corinth knew a golden age of unprecedented prosperity and stability. He was known for "Be farsighted with everything". ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΕΠΤΑ ΣΟΦΟΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ ΣΟΛΩΝ ΧΕΙΛΩΝ ΒΙΑΣ ΘΑΛΗΣ ΠΙΤΤΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΛΙΝΔΟΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ ΠΡΙΗΝΗ ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ GREECE HELLAS WISE SAGES ANTIQUITY WISDOM CLEOBULUS SOLON CHILON BIAS THALES PITTACUS PERIANDER LINDOS RHODES ATHENS SPARTA PRIENE MILETUS MYTILENE CORINTH PHILOSOPHY

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42. The First Section of Proverbs

Duration: 5:38
Updated: 08 Aug 2013

Proverbs 22:17 - 23: 11 are the oldest part of the Proverbs that were compiled and contain many parallels in the Instruction of Amenemope. Probably around 55...

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Conceptualizing a Site Museum in the Contested World Heritage Site of Pasargadae, Iran

Duration: 15:00
Updated: 22 Aug 2011

This paper conceptualizes the problem of establishing a site museum in contested World Heritage Site of Pasargadae in Iran. Pasargadae was constructed in 550...

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Conceptualizing a Site Museum in the Contested World Heritage Site of Pasargadae, Iran (Part 2)

Duration: 14:59
Updated: 02 Jul 2011

This paper conceptualizes the problem of establishing a site museum in contested World Heritage Site of Pasargadae in Iran. Pasargadae was constructed in 550...

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Dwindle of Assyrian empire and Inception of Achaemenid Empire and Cyrus the Great

Duration: 32:01
Updated: 25 Mar 2014

Alliance of Chaldean,Babylonian and Medes.After the fall of the Assyrian Empire, between 616 BCE and 605 BCE, a unified Median state was formed, which, together with Babylonia, Lydia, and Egypt became one of the four major powers of the ancient Near East. An alliance with the Babylonians and the Scythians helped the Medes to capture Nineveh in 612 BCE which resulted in the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The Medes were subsequently able to establish their Median kingdom (with Ecbatana as their royal centre) beyond their original homeland (central-western Iran) and had eventually a territory stretching roughly from northeastern Iran to the Halys River in Anatolia. The Median kingdom was conquered in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who established the Iranian dynasty—the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

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40. The Beginnning of Job

Duration: 2:28
Updated: 08 Aug 2013

The original 'Job' was simply a Psalm of the outcast. Probably around 550 BCE.

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Welcome to Azerbaijan /part II/

Duration: 11:22
Updated: 30 Oct 2012

The name of Azerbaijan derives from Atropates, a Persian satrap under the Achaemenid Empire, that was later reinstated as the satrap of Media under Alexander...

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cave of Nympholyptou and grote de thraki Voula 1

Duration: 7:40
Updated: 19 Jun 2012

The cave of Nympholyptou was dedicated to Nymphs and Pan. Archedemos came from Thera in 550 BCE and settled in the cave. He carved out from the stalactite ma...

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Iran

Duration: 66:46
Updated: 27 Nov 2013

Please Subscribe our goal is 100 subscriber for this month :) Please give us a THUMBS UP if you like our videos!!! Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Iran (i/ɪˈrɑːn/ or /aɪˈræn/; Persian: ایران‎ [ʔiːˈɾɒn] ( listen)), also formerly known as Persia (/ˈpɜrʒə/ or /ˈpɜrʃə/), and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1980, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, with Kazakhstan and Russia across the Caspian Sea; on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; on the west by Iraq; and on the northwest by Turkey. With a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), this country in the Middle East is the 18th-largest country in the world, and with over 77 million people, is the world's 17th-most populous nation. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdom in 2800 BCE. The Iranian Medes unified Iran into the first of a series of empires in 625 BCE, after which it became the dominant cultural and political power in the region. Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE, which at its greatest extent comprised major portions of the ancient world, stretching from the Indus Valley in the east, to Thrace and Macedon on the northeastern border of Greece, making it the largest empire the world had yet seen. Following its collapse from the conquests of Alexander the Great in 330 BCE, Iran once again became a great power under the Sasanian dynasty, exerting influence well beyond its borders.

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Taoism

Duration: 17:50
Updated: 16 Jul 2013

Taoism (also spelled Daoism) is based on the teachings of the Tao Te Ching, a short tract written in the 6th century BC in China. Its emphasis on spiritual h...

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1 Incredible India: Oldest surviving Ancient Civilization

Duration: 6:38
Updated: 02 Jul 2013

Stone Age 70000--3300 BCE • Mehrgarh Culture • 7000--3300 BCE Indus Valley Civilization 3300--1700 BCE Late Harappan Culture 1700--1300 BCE Vedic period 150...

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مشکلات تحصیل بهایی ها در ایران Baha'i Situation in Iran Islamic

Duration: 5:13
Updated: 09 Apr 2014

مشکلات تحصیل بهایی ها در ایران Iran ( Persian ایران‎ , officially the Islamic Un-Republic of Iran ( جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎, Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān), is a country in Western Asia. "Iran" means "Land of the Aryans" Iran Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic Un-Republic in 1979 after was overthrown by Arabs Terrorists supported by Britain and western media and Reoccupied by Arabs. Iranian nation is one of the Oldest Continuous Civilizations in the World. Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic populations occupied caves in the Zagros and Elburz mountains. The earliest civilizations in the region descended from the Zagros foothills, where they developed agriculture and animal husbandry, and established the first urban cultures in the Tigris-Euphrates basin in present day Iraq. The earliest urban peoples in what is today Iranian territory were the Elamites in the extreme southwest region of Khuzestan. The arrival of the Aryan peoples—Medes and Persians— on the Iranian plateau in the first millennium B.C.E. marked the beginning of the Iranian civilization, rising to the heights of the great Achaemenid Empire consolidated by Cyrus the Great in 550 B.C.E. Under the rulers Darius the Great and Xerxes, the Achaemenid rulers extended their empire from northern India to Egypt. Down to the present, one pattern has repeated again and again in Iranian civilization: the conquerors of Iranian territory are eventually themselves conquered by Iranian culture. In a word, they become Persianized. Art Iran has one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many disciplines including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stonemasonry. There is also a very vibrant Iranian modern and contemporary art scene. Iranian art has gone through numerous phases of evolution. The unique aesthetics of Iran is evident from the Achaemenid reliefs in Persepolis to the mosaic paintings of Bishapur. There are several languages spoken in different parts of Iran. The predominant language and national language is Farsi Persian, which is spoken across the country Religion in Iran Zoroastrianism was the national faith of Iran for more than a millennium before the Arab conquest. It has had an immense influence on Iranian philosophy, culture and art after the people of Iran converted to Islam Followers of the Baha'i faith comprise the largest non-Muslim minority in Iran. Most of the Baha'i are of Persian descent, although there seem to be many among the Azerbaijani and Kurdish people. The Baha'i are severely persecuted Persian Rugs In Iran, Persian Rugs have always been a vital part of the Persian culture The Persian Garden was designed as a reflection of paradise on earth; the word "garden" itself coming from Persian roots. The special place of the garden in the Iranian heart can be seen in their architecture, in the ruins of Iran, and in their paintings Cuisine: Cuisine in Iran is considered to be one of the most ancient forms of cuisine around the world. Bread is arguably the most important food in Iran, with a large variety of different bread, some of the most popular of which include: nan and hamir, which are baked in large clay ovens (also called "tenurs"). In Iranian cuisine, there are many dishes that are made from dairy products. Nowrūz ( نوروز, IPA: [nouˈɾuːz], "New Day", originally "New Light") is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. Nowruz is also widely referred to as the Persian New Year. The Haft Sīn items are: * sabzeh - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth * samanu - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence * senjed - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love * sīr - garlic - symbolizing medicine * sīb - apples - symbolizing beauty and health * somaq - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise * serkeh - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience.

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BCE Home Page

Duration: 0:49
Updated: 21 Apr 2013

Backcountry Expeditions is a Snowmobile, ATV and Side by Side rental company and guide service. We are located in The Forks Maine. We currently rent 2012 Ski...

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Faces of Ancient Middle East Part 10 (Ancient Iranians)

Duration: 9:11
Updated: 18 Jan 2014

Medes The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in an area known as Media (northern Iran) and who spoke a northwestern Iranian language referred to as the Median language. Their arrival to the region is associated with the first wave of Iranian tribes in the late 2nd millennium BCE (the Bronze Age collapse) through the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE. From the 10th to late 7th centuries BCE, the Iranian Medes and Persians fell under the domination of the Neo-Assyrian Empire based in Mesopotamia.[6] After the fall of the Assyrian Empire, between 616 BCE and 605 BCE, a unified Median state was formed, which, together with Babylonia, Lydia, and Egypt became one of the four major powers of the ancient Near East. An alliance with the Babylonians and the Scythians helped the Medes to capture Nineveh in 612 BCE which resulted in the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The Medes were subsequently able to establish their Median kingdom (with Ecbatana as their royal centre) beyond their original homeland (central-western Iran) and had eventually a territory stretching roughly from northeastern Iran to the Halys River in Anatolia. The Median kingdom was conquered in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who established the next Iranian dynasty—the Persian Achaemenid Empire. A few archaeological sites (discovered in the "Median triangle" in western Iran) and textual sources (from contemporary Assyrians and also Greeks in later centuries) provide a brief documentation of the history and culture of the Median state. These architectural sources, religious temples, and literary references show the importance of Median lasting contributions (such as the Safavid-Achaemenid-Median link of the tradition of "columned audience halls") to the Iranian culture. A number of words from the Median language are still in use, and there are languages being geographically and comparatively traced to the northwestern Iranian language of Median. The Medes had an Ancient Iranian Religion (a form of pre-Zoroastrian Mazdaism or Mithra worshipping) with a priesthood named as "Magi". Later and during the reigns of the last Median kings, the reforms of Zarathustra spread in western Iran. Besides Ecbatana (modern Hamedan), the other cities existing in Media were Laodicea (modern Nahavand) and the mound that was the largest city of the Medes, Rhages (also called Rey), on the outskirts of Shahr Rey, south of Tehran. The fourth city of Media was Apamea, near Ecbatana, whose precise location is unknown. In later periods, Medes and especially Mede soldiers are identified and portrayed prominently in ancient Persian archaeological sites such as Persepolis, where they are shown to have a major role and presence in the military of the Persian Empire's Achaemenid dynasty. According to the Histories of Herodotus, there were six Median tribes: Thus Deioces collected the Medes into a nation, and ruled over them alone. Now these are the tribes of which they consist: the Busae, the Paretaceni, the Struchates, the Arizanti, the Budii, and the Magi. The six Median tribes resided in Media proper, the triangle between Ecbatana, Rhagae and Aspadana, in today's central Iran, the area between Tehran, Isfahan and Hamadan. Of the Median tribes, the Magi resided in Rhaga, modern Tehran. It was a sort of sacred caste, which ministered to the spiritual needs of the Medes. The Paretaceni tribe resided in and around Aspadana, modern Isfahan, the Arizanti lived in and around Kashan and the Busae tribe lived in and around the future Median capital of Ecbatana, modern Hamadan.The Struchates and the Budii lived in villages in the Median triangle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Persians The origin of the ethnic Iranian peoples/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of the greater Indo-European language family. The Ancient Iranian peoples emerged in parts of the Iranian plateau circa 1000 BCE. Important Iranian tribes such as Old Persians, Medes, Parthians, Bactrians, Scythians, and the Avesta people used the name Arya (Iranian), which was a collective definition, denoting peoples who were aware of belonging to a generally common ethnic stock, speaking very closely related languages, and mainly sharing a religious tradition that centered on the worship of Ahura Mazda.

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MESSAGE TO ISRAEL Iran unveils it's MOST POWERFUL radar 1100 km range

Duration: 2:37
Updated: 05 Jun 2014

iran military radar air defence TEHRAN, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Iran unveiled a new long-range radar system on Monday to enhance its air defense, official IRNA news agency reported. The radar system, dubbed Qadir (Almighty), has a range of about 1,100 kilometers. It was designed and manufactured by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, IRNA reported. Qadir radar system can monitor its surrounding radius round the clock and detect small three dimensional targets, the report said. The radar was officially introduced to Iran's air defense system after being unveiled in the central city of Garmsar, according to IRNA. Iran Iran (Listeni/ɪˈrɑːn/[10] or /aɪˈræn/;[11] Persian: ایران‎ [ʔiːˈɾɒn] ( listen)), also known as Persia (/ˈpɜrʒə/ or /ˈpɜrʃə/),[11][12] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1980, is a country in Western Asia.[13][14][15] It is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, with Kazakhstan and Russia across the Caspian Sea; on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; on the west by Iraq; and on the northwest by Turkey. Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second-largest nation in the Middle East and the 18th-largest in the world; with over 77 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 17th most populous nation.[13][16] It is the only country that has both a Caspian Sea and Indian Ocean coastline. Iran has been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and Western Asia and the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations,[17][18] beginning with the formation of the Proto-Elamite and Elamite kingdom in 3200 -- 2800 BCE. The Iranian Medes unified the country into the first of many empires in 625 BCE, after which it became the dominant cultural and political power in the region.[3] Iran reached the pinnacle of its power during the Achaemenid Empire (First Persian Empire) founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE, which at its greatest extent comprised major portions of the ancient world, stretching from parts of the Balkans (Bulgaria-Pannonia) and Thrace-Macedonia in the west, to the Indus Valley in the east, making it the largest empire the world had yet seen.[19] The empire collapsed in 330 BCE following the conquests of Alexander the Great. The area eventually regained influence under the Parthian Empire and rose to prominence once more after the establishment of the Sasanian dynasty (Neo-Persian empire) in 224 CE, under which Iran again became one of the leading powers in the world along with the Byzantine Empire for the next four centuries.[20] Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism were largely replaced after Rashidun Muslims invaded Persia in 633 CE, and conquered it by 651 CE.[21] Iran thereafter played a vital role in the subsequent Islamic Golden Age, producing numerous influential scientists, scholars, artists, and thinkers. The emergence in 1501 of the Safavid dynasty, which promoted the Twelver school of thought as the official religion, marked one of the most important turning points in Iranian and Muslim history.[5][22][23] It also culminated into tensions, which in 1514 led to the Battle of Chaldiran. Starting in 1736 under Nader Shah, Iran would for the last time rise to high prominence, reaching its greatest territorial extent since the Sassanid Empire, and briefly possessing over what was probably the most powerful empire in the world.[24] The Persian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 established the nation's first parliament, which operated within a constitutional monarchy. Following a coup d'état instigated by the UK and the US in 1953, Iran gradually became autocratic. Growing dissent against foreign influence and political repression culminated in the Iranian Revolution, which led to the establishment of an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979.[16][25] Tehran is the capital and largest city, serving as the cultural, commercial, and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a major regional and middle power,[26][27] exerting considerable influence in international energy security and the world economy through its large reserves of fossil fuels, which include the largest natural gas supply in the world and the fourth-largest proven petroleum reserves.[28][29] It hosts Asia's fourth-largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[30] Globally, it ranks 8th in the world for the amount of books published per year, and was ranked first in scientific progress in the world in 2011.[31][32][33] Iran is a founding member of the UN, NAM, OIC and OPEC. Its unique political system, based on the 1979 constitution, combines elements of a parliamentary democracy with a religious theocracy run by the country's clergy, wherein the Supreme Leader wields significant influence. A multicultural nation comprising numerous ethnic and linguistic groups, most inhabitants are Shi'ites, the Iranian rial is its currency,

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Attan

Duration: 5:38
Updated: 15 Aug 2013

Attan Afghan National Dance. Done by both men and female. History: Attan is a traditional Afghan dance. It is said to be one of oldest Afghan Pagan dance, so...

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