Persian civilization

"Cyrus the Great conquered Babylonia, Assyria, Media and India; His son Cambodia (any influence on the Cambodian People?) added Egypt later, and for the first and the last time in history, all the governments of the known world were ruled under one color!"
This paper by Prof. Tajar provides a deep insight into the different impacts Persia has had throughout the history.

Na půdě Univerzity sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave vznikla pozoruhodná monografie, jež by mohla přitáhnout zájem českého čtenáře, a to hned z několika důvodů. Publikace, která je přehledně koncipována jako vysokoškolské skriptum (2. oprav. vyd.), seznamuje se dvěma významnými civilizačními okruhy starověkého světa, které i přes snahy českých badatelů v minulém sto-letí stojí poněkud ve stínu odborného zájmu. Jedná se o civilizace starých Chetitů a Peršanů. Autorem části věnované Chetitům je doc. Pavol Valacho-vič; autorem druhé části je doktor Michal Habaj. Letos uplyne plných stol let od okamžiku, kdy prof. Bedřich Hrozný zásadním způsobem přispěl k rozluštění hieroglyfi ckého písma a jazyka indo-evropských Chetitů. Nicméně původních odborných prací československé provenience věnovaných Chetitům vzniklo poskrovnu. Oblíbenou se stala populárně-odborná knížka Vojtěcha Zamarovského Za tajemstvím říše Chetitů (Praha 1961), která čtenářsky přístupnou formou přiblížila dobrodruž-ství odkrývání věky zasuté civilizace a postupné luštění neznámého písma. Vedle samotných prací prof. Bedřicha Hrozného (např. Nejstarší dějiny Přední Asie, Indie a Kréty, 4. vyd., Praha 1949) představovala VIII. kapitola s názvem Malá Asie v době chetitské říše, která byla obsažena v knize Jana Buriana a Pavla Olivy Civilizace starověkého Středomoří (Praha 1984), další příspěvek k odbornému zpřístupnění chetitské civilizace širšímu okruhu čtenářstva. Zevrubnější monografi e, jež by se plně zaměřila na politické a kulturní dějiny Chetitů, dosud v českém jazyce chybí. Tuto mezeru může do jisté míry doplnit právě text docenta Pavola Valachoviče. Po odborně fundovaném historickém exkurzu přibližuje autor chetitské reálie, týkající se např. politické a náboženské hierarchie společnosti s přihlédnutím k postavení panovnic (tavanana), jež v ní hrály významnou úlohu. Další kapitoly jsou věnovány: celkové společenské stratifi kaci, náboženským představám, písemnictví a umění. Krátká sekce se též zaměřuje vlastnímu objevování chetitské civilizace. Doktor Michal Habaj přibližuje v druhé části knihy politické dějiny achajmenovské Persie (550–330 př. n. l.).

Nasir Khosrow embarks upon a seven year journey in order to come to terms with his spiritual crisis. The quest is the inevitable outcome of the tensions and conflicts between Nasir and the institutionalized forms of power and knowledge. The tensions lead to the formation of a series of binary oppositions-verbal and nonverbal-within the text of his travelogue. The researchers have analyzed the text of Nasir's travelogue with a semiotic approach and have unearthed the binarized structure that underlies Nasir's report. The world around him is in contrast with the world he idealizes in his subjective mind, he draws a boundary line between the transient nature of his journey and the timeless journey he would undertake after death, the civilized cityscapes mark a sharp contrast with the savagery of the desert in which he has to reside temporarily. Another binary is formed when Nasir distinguishes his dietary habits from those of bedouins. The pictorial appeal of Nasir's painti...

"The Persian Empire stretched (from the Indus River (now Pakistan)
down to the Danube River in Europe and up to the Nile River in Africa, the Central Asia, present day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Azirbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Macedonia,
Cyprus, Lydia and up to the borders of Greece."
This evidence-based paper by Prof. Tajar discusses the different eras where the Persian empire and and civilization have been influential worldwide.

The first great human civilization - - The Persian Civilization (of Jiroft and Eilam” High
Land”); It was ahead of Egypt by 500 years, of India, by 1,000 years, of China, by 2,000 years, of
Greece by 3,000 years, and of Rome, by 4,000 years! According to Professor Arthur A. Pope, the
famous Orientalist (A.H. Saidian, “Iran: Land and the People,” Tehran 2001 P. 358)
Professor Pope also believes that the world owes its greatest industrial developments, in the early stages, to the Persian Civilization! (Ibid).

This paper by Prof. Tajar explicates the very essence of Persian civilization and its impressive influence worldwide.

Nasir Khosrow embarks upon a seven year journey in order to come to terms with his spiritual crisis. The quest is the inevitable outcome of the tensions and conflicts between Nasir and the institutionalized forms of power and knowledge. The tensions lead to the formation of a series of binary oppositions—verbal and nonverbal—within the text of his travelogue. The researchers have analyzed the text of Nasir's travelogue with a semiotic approach and have unearthed the binarized structure that underlies Nasir's report. The world around him is in contrast with the world he idealizes in his subjective mind, he draws a boundary line between the transient nature of his journey and the timeless journey he would undertake after death, the civilized cityscapes mark a sharp contrast with the savagery of the desert in which he has to reside temporarily. Another binary is formed when Nasir distinguishes his dietary habits from those of bedouins. The pictorial appeal of Nasir's painti...

""This is a comprehensive encyclopedia article about Iran covering many aspects of Iranian culture and society, including demographics, geography and a large number of other topics.

This is no longer available in print, but it is available on line following the link below.

A scan of the article is attached for download below, as well as a PDF version of the online article

Nasir Khosrow embarks upon a seven year journey in order to come to terms with his spiritual crisis. The quest is the inevitable outcome of the tensions and conflicts between Nasir and the institutionalized forms of power and knowledge. The tensions lead to the formation of a series of binary oppositions-verbal and nonverbal-within the text of his travelogue. The researchers have analyzed the text of Nasir's travelogue with a semiotic approach and have unearthed the binarized structure that underlies Nasir's report. The world around him is in contrast with the world he idealizes in his subjective mind, he draws a boundary line between the transient nature of his journey and the timeless journey he would undertake after death, the civilized cityscapes mark a sharp contrast with the savagery of the desert in which he has to reside temporarily. Another binary is formed when Nasir distinguishes his dietary habits from those of bedouins. The pictorial appeal of Nasir's painting comes to be contrasted with the authority of his words. These binary oppositions are directly related to Nasir's preoccupation with the concept of power (the kingdom and the court) and knowledge (institutionalized schooling and hypocritical erudition). He wishes to leave behind the present forms of power and knowledge in favor of an idealized version of the two. Separation from the familiar, adventure, and return form a circular structure. Power and knowledge are sometimes combined and sometimes function as separate motifs. On his return journey, Nasir, in order to survive, has to take refuge in the very institutions and the very bureaucratic system that he initially left behind.