How much do you know about Nowruz? Nothing! So let me say about it. :) Nowruz (new day‚ نوروز) is the most important holiday in Iran which has been celebrated for over 3000 years! Nowruz is my favorite holiday because it’s maybe the only time during the year that all the members of the families get together and have fun. Also it’s the longest holiday in a year. On the first day of the New Year‚ which usually happens on 20 or 21 March each year‚ older people usually give a gift to the younger
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were going to sneak attack the city‚. When they got their the barbarians were attacked by the athenians and lost. Also the Battle of Thermopylae was fought against the city states. Was the most symbolic struggles in history. The battle began Iran 480 B.C. All of the defenders of sparta were killed because they were outnumber. The Greeks met the persian army in small road between Thessaly and Central Greece. The spartan king Leonidas
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If someone were to flip through the graphic novel Perseoplis‚ by just looking at the images‚ the book could be put off as something that was intended for the children’s comic book section. However‚ this books power of simplification and literary content shows a much more compelling learning experience. Persepolis is a autobiographical narrative about a young girl experiencing the Islamic revolution. Coming of age‚ government empowerment‚ and feminism are some of the many challenges Marji managed
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Middle East and Gulf countries. The new port of Gwadar will supplement Karachi Port and Port Qasim. It will attract transit and trans-shipment trade from over twenty countries including Srilanka‚ Bangladesh‚ Oman‚ UAE‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Qatar‚ Iraq and Iran. These countries may open their warehouses in Gwadar for export of goods and storing of imported goods for later shipment to their countries. Non Quantifiable Benefits of Port. Details of indirect non quantifiable benefits which the people of region
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history and it would be very challenging for me to write this paper with consistency. Around May 1901‚ a wealthy businessman named William D’Arcy (October 11‚ 1849 - May 1‚ 1917)‚ made a deal with the Shah of Iran (Mozaffar ad-Din Shah)‚ who at that time ruled the country of Persia (Iran). The Shah when he took over as Prince of Persia apparently he inherited a great amount of debt left by his father Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. The people of Persia were basically under one ruler‚ socially‚ publically
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“Zahak‚ the Dragon King” taken from Firdawsi Shahnamehtell’s epic “The Book of Kings” tells us a story about the Persian throne. It begins with a summary of the situation; the ruler of Iran‚ Jamshid is a great leader who has brought numerous technological advancements‚ social structure‚ and health to the people of Iran until one rued day; called Na Ruz‚ when he tells nobles that they should bow to him for he is so great and his thriving kingdom falls to ruin. Next we are taken to a confrontation between
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solider to relay to Alexander his gratitude for treating his family graciously in captivity and that “he in turn will rule the world just as Darius had done” (In the Footsteps of Alexander). In the Arda Wiraz it is said that Alexander “slew the ruler of Iran”(Arda Wiraz) in reference to Darius‚ not at all specifying the slaying was done. Another difference between the texts is how they view Alexander. Zoroastrians view Alexander as a horrible man‚ “the wicked one”(Arda Wiraz) who destroyed their culture
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During the early modern age‚ three major Muslim empires controlled a large part of the land extending from eastern Europe and northern Africa to eastern India. All three of these dynasties had their roots in nomadic Turkish-speaking peoples of central Asia. These three Muslim empires shared similar political and cultural guidelines and traditions that their ancestors had adopted. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ these dynasties were the most dominant‚ by the eighteenth century
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and Women in Sadegh Hedayat’s “ The Blind Owl” Nasim Basiri INTRODUCTION Sadeq Hedayat ’s ’The Blind Owl ’ is one of the most important literary works in Persian language. The original Persian text of The Blind Owl‚ marked "not for sale in Iran‚" appeared as a mimeographed publication in India in 1937. It was assumed at the time that Hedayat feared the repressive rule of Reza Shah; he feared especially that with the publication of this work he might have violated the established norms. He
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civilization begun with the migration of Prophet Muhammad and his entirely small band of followers from Mecca to Medina in 620 E. When I visited the Art Galleries at Upenn I noticed that they focused more on the cities where Islam originated like Iraq‚ Iran‚ Syria‚ Turkey‚ and Egypt. The Museum didn’t real focus on the material culture of the Islamic medieval periods‚ but the Archaeological expeditions and collections ventured in the medieval periods after 700 CE. The person who walked
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