tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54801142012-01-26T00:50:42.865-08:00contains personal views on the history of iran in comparison with other ancient countries and information on persia for those interested to learn about our heritageMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480114.post-1156662064353403152006-08-26T22:55:00.000-07:002006-08-27T15:57:08.343-07:00

Bābak Khorramdin ( بابک خرمدین ) is considered as one of the most heroic leaders of Iran who initiated the Khorramdinan, ( Those of the joyous religion), movement. This was a local freedom fighting movement aimed to over throw the Abbasid Caliphate who came to power after the Arab conquest of Iran.Early Life:Babak Khoramdin was born in the 8th century AC in Balal Abad region of Southern

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Narenjestan is not an old complex in comparison with other brilliont buildings of ancient Iran, but one look at this structure will lead to a love affair with the Iranian architect and art. Narenjestan is located in Shiraz and it's the perfect stop on a hot summer day as the gardens will refresh your very soul. The building has been occupied by many but the original builder was Mirza Ibrahim

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JiroftJiroft is a city in Kerman province, Iran. It is located 230 kilometres south of the city of Kerman, and 1,375 kilometres south of Tehran. In the past it was also known as Sabzewaran, and on account of it being very fertile land it is famous as Hend-e-Koochak (the little India). Jiroft is located on the vast plain of Halil Rud which contains many of the ancient archaeological sites of Iran.

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One of the most significant 13th century BC architectural works of Iran is the Chogha Zanbil Temple (1250 BC) located 45 kilometres from Susa. The western vaults of Chogha Zanbil Temple were so skillfully built that at present, even after three thousand years, they remain in marvelously good conditions. The vaults are constructed on prolonged corridors and over internal staircases of the temple

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When Herodotus (490BC-420BC) the great ancient Greek historian traveled to Persia, he wrote a countless amount of information about how the society operated and how the kings saw themselves next to the Gods and rejected democracy all together. He wrote that the kings, possessing as they do all that heart can desire, ought to be void of envy; but the contrary is seen in their conduct towards the

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Upon Cyrus' death, his vast empire was plunged into chaos. However, out of the midst of the trubulence,emerged another great leader, Darius, who managed to restore the Achaemenid Empire and set it firmly back on it's great path to greatness. He enhanced Cambyses' projects and built a huge temple, in which he is portrayed as being worshipped. He is also shown being fed by the hands of Egyptian

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Kaveh Ahangar is perhaps a mythical figure who first appeared in Ferdousi's Shahnameh as the hero who rescued his people from the ruthless ruler in power at his time. Kaveh was such a man who stood up against the tyrant Zahak (known as snake-shouldered). Zahak was the son of Mardas an Arab ruler in Iran. Stories have it that Zahak killed his father in order to earn the kingdom. It was believed

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The most ancient surviving component of Persian Music, with the use of words, is the Gathas of Zarathushtra. It is in the form of poetry that has its own unique rhythm. It is so composed that the rhythm smothes the human mind thus making it easy to remember. The Gatha were memorized for centuries before it was written down fot the first time ( same as Iliad and Odessay in the ancint Greece).

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Marlik culture was discovered in the green and fertile lands of Northern Iran just South of the Caspian Sea. The amazing archeological founds on this site are associated to 10th-12th century BC. Some researchers believe that Marlik has attained its name from the innumerable snakes that have inhabited it. (As 'Mar' means snake in the Persian language). Whereas, some believe that, Marlik, the name

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The Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous King, Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC). It was not until the reign of Naboplashar (625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian civilization (todays Iran and Iraq) reached its ultimate glory. His son, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens. According to accounts, the gardens

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JASHN-E TIRGAN (The Rain Festival) The festival of Tiragan is observed on July 1st, and it is primarily a rain festival and it is one of the three most widely celebrated feasts amongst Iranian peoples. Tir in modern Persian,Tishtar in Middle Persian or Pahlavi; and Avestan Tishtrya, is the Yazad presiding over the Star Sirius, brightest star in the sky, and of rain, and thus Tir Yazad especially

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The traditional herald of the Noe-Rooz season is called Haji Firooz. He symbolizes the rebirth of the Sumerian god of sacrifice, Domuzi, who was killed at the end of each year and reborn at the beginning of the New Year. Wearing black make up and a red costume, Haji Firooz sings and dances through the streets with tambourines and trumpets spreading good cheer and the news of the coming New

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The primary religion in Iran today is the Shia sect of Islam but the far older faith of the prophet Zoroaster is still openly practiced, particularly in the central and northwestern regions of the country. The name of the founding Prophet of Zoroastrianism is not Zoroaster, which is a Greek transliteration of the name, but Zarathushtra, which means, in ancient Iranian, "yellow camel."(zara =

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No Ruz, new day or New Year as the Iranians call it, is celebrated in harmony with the rebirth of nature and always begins on the first day of spring. It has been celebrated by all the major cultures of ancient Masopotamia. Sumerians 3000BC, Babylonians 2000 BC, the ancient kingdom of Elam in Southern Persia 2000BC, Akaddians all have been celebrating it in one form or another. What we have today

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Born in Shiraz in 1705, Karim Khan was the founder of Zand dynasty in Iran. Of humble tribal origin, Karim Khan became one of the generals of his predecessor, Nader Shah. In the chaotic aftermath of Nader’s assassination in 1747, Karim Khan became a major contender for power but was challenged by several adversaries. In order to add legitimacy to his claim, he in 1757 placed on the throne the

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There is a place I know, high up in the mountains of Kurdistan. Where the crow roams freely and the snow finally meets the sun. Where you can fall wild like a mountain and run with a stone in your hand. This is where our story sleeps. There was a brave man called Farhad, who loved a Princess named Shirin, but the Princess did not love him. Farhad tried in cain to gain access to the love-cell of

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The origins of chess are obscure, and it is not until the 7th century that there is a reference to the game in literature. The first mention of chess is found in a Persian poem according to which the advent of the game took place in India. Chess migrated to Persia (Iran) during the reigns of King Chosroe-I Annshiravan (531-579) as described in a Persian book of this period. This book described

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Just as Mani's eclectic Faith was a pointer at the germs of decay in the Sassanian body-politic, so also Mazdak's teaching was a pointer at the inevitable downfall towards which the Sassanian Empire was heading. Mani came within one generation of the establishment of Sassanian rule in Iran; Mazdak came towards the end of that rule, about a century before the Empire was overthrown by the Arabs.

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The origins of wine are as cloudy as the first vintages must have been. We will never know who first allowed grape juice to ferment to the point that it became wine, just as we will never know who ground grain and baked it to produce the first loaf of bread. But the impossibility of tracing the very first batch of wine ever made has not deterred archaeologists and historians from searching for

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There are three thrones located in Tehran. The Sun Throne (also known as the Peacock Throne), the Marble Throne and the Naderi Throne. Chair-like thrones like this were used in ancient Iran by Achaemenid dynasty in the 5th century BC, as well as the 17th century Safavid dynasty. The Naderi Throne: The Naderi throne be taken apart into 12 separate sections. It was intended to be portable, to be

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The richest archaeological site in central Iran is the mound of the Tappeh-ye Sialk which is located close to Kashan. This site was excavated by Ghirshman in the 1930s. The excavations revealed that the site is more than 7000 years old. Apparantly the Indo-European Aryans or Iranians arrived on the plateau during the second millennium BC, and it is at Tappeh Sialk that the remains of their most

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(This summery is for those who find the persian history too complicated) Archaeological studies during the first half of the twentieth century indicate that as early as 10,000 BC, tribes lived on the southern shores of the Caspian, one of the few regions of the world, which according to scientists escaped the Ice Age. They were probably the first men in the history of mankind to engage in

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The very first civilization which has ever lived in Iran was The Shoosh Civilization.8000 years ago, there was a civilization which lived in today's Khoozestan, their name was "Shoosh Civilization," or in English "Susa Civilization." So far this has been reported as the oldest civilization which have ever existed on Earth. By civilization, we mean civilized city government or city state or Empire

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Uncovered in the debris of the Treasury were hundreds of clay tablets with inscriptions in Elamite cuneiform. These tablets, originally sundried, were baked in the heat of the immense fire that destroyed the building, so that many were found intact instead of having crumbled to dust long ago. These tablets, written for the most part in Old Persian and its corresponding translations of Elamite and

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Bam is located 193 Kms, to the southeast of Kerman in the plain, between the Jebal-e-Barez and Kabudi Mountains, on the Silk Road. The oldest sign of civilization are found in the Bidroun hills located 10 Kms to the west of the city dating back to 4th millennium BC. People have lived in Bam and its vicinity from 6,000 years ago. In ancient times, people lived in a citadel which is now known as

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Most of what we associate with the "Magi" is from early church traditions. Most have assumed there were three of them, since they brought three specific gifts (but the Biblical text doesn't number them). They are called "Magi" from the Latinized form of the Greek word magoi, transliterated from the Persian, for a select sect of priests. (Our word "magic" comes from the same root.) As the years

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The Silk road is the name for the trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and China. The first users of the road must have lived in the first half of the first millennium BCE, but the name 'Silk road' dates from the first century BCE. Its most famous traveler lived more than twelve hundred years later: Marco Polo of Venice (1254-1324). This road is considered to be one of the World's oldest and

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Hamadan (Ecbatana) is situated 400 km south west of Tehran, in the Zagros mountains of central-west Persia at the base of the eastern slope of the Alvand range. It was capital of the Median empire, summer capital of the Achaemenids, and satrapal seat of the province of Media from Achaemenid to sassanid times.The poet Ferdowsi says that Ecbatana was build by King Jamshid. According to Herodotus

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Ten miles from the sprawling Iranian industrial city of Tabriz, to the northwest of Tehran, says British archaeologist David Rohl, he has found the site of the Biblical garden . . . "As you descend a narrow mountain path, you see a beautiful alpine valley, just like the Bible describes it, with terraced orchards on its slopes, crowded with every kind of fruit-laden tree," says Rohl, a scholar of

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The first reference to Iranian flag can be traced back to the time of Mithraism in ancient Persia. The followers of Mithraism believe that Mithra, the son of Sun is going to rescue humanity and destory the bull, a symbol of commodity. Therefore Lion (symbol of power), Sun with portrait of an angle who represents Mithra has been discovered in most ancient archeological items. first Iranian flag in

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Iranian dance history is characterized by many fascinating and also tragic incidents. It seems to be completely unknown to the outside world, partly because of the present political situation of the country that has toned down the interest for a profound research effort. Resently archeologists have made it possible to have access to material and evidence for the origin of Persian dance, ever

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Ibn Sina (980-1037 C.E.), is often known by his Latin name of Avicenna, although most references to him today have reverted to using the correct version of ibn Sina or Abu Ali sina. He blosommed during the period when Iran was influenced by Islam after the Arab conquest. He is NOT an Arab philosopher/ mathematition, as most westerns books refer to him.The course of ibn Sina's life was dominated

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Built by Nebuchadnezzar II (604- 562 BC), the Ishtar Gate was one of the main entries to the city of Bablyon, capital of the Babylonian Empire. It was built in about 575 BC, the eighth fortified gate in the city. It is one of the most impressive monuments rediscovered in the ancient Near East. Story has it that Nebuchadnezzar built the gate as to beautify his capital. He restored the temple of

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Shahdad flag is a representative of the metal work found in Khabis region in the East of Iran and it's dated back to the early 3rd millennium BC. In the year 1971 an archaeology team in Dasht-e Lut discovered a magnificent metal flag and two large brass plates with fish and deer patterns that represent the advancement of metal artwork in that millennium. The techniques used in making these

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Anahita, or Nahid, was a major deity in the pre-Islamic Iran. She was the protector of water and the goddess of beauty, fertility and fecundity. During the Parthian period Anahita's worship become so popular and venerable that Tiridates I was crowned in her temple. The worship of Anahita in the Kangavar region was particularly so popular that in the first half of the first century AD the Greek

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The first Iranian epic and perhaps the first epic ever writen is gilgamesh which is composed of several Summerian tales combined together to creat a masterpiece more than four thousand years ago. A Semitic Akkadian version was found in the archives of the Hittite capital at Boghazkoy in Anatolia. It was also translated into Hittite and Hurrian, and several Akkadian texts were found in

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One of the sources for learning about the status of women in ancient iran is from Avesta, the holy book of Zorastrians. In Avesta women are shown to share the responsibilities with men. Men and women are equally praised for their deeds in Avesta. Zarathushtra in his advice to parents recommends that they should facilitate both the sons and daughter to acquire knowledge. Every where we see that

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One of the most ancient sites in Iran is The Burnt City, located in the Eastern part of the country, South of Zabol in the region of Sistan. The unexpected appearance & the quick disappearance of the city baffled experts for years. According to the excavations and researches, the Burned City has come to be known as one of the most important proofs of the independence of the eastern part of Iran

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In the year 2000, forty footprints of dinosaurs, , were discovered on the sedimentary rocks in the north of the city of Birjand. These footprints belong to about 50 million years ago Ali Hassandbady the leader of the archeological group said: “This area was swampy on that time and rocks had plenty of organic materials. The erosion of the upper layer caused the footprints to surf. These footprints

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Some languages have been grouped as Indo-European and a branch of it is called Indo-Iranian. The Indo-Iranian is again divided into two - The Iranian languages being one of them.The Iranian language is again divided into three:-Old Iranian language-Middle Iranian Language-Modern Iranian languageOld Iranian languageThe median language is one of the Old Iranian languages.This was the language of

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Mehregan is one of the most ancient Iranian festivals known, dating back at least as far as the earliest Aryans (Iranians).There are many accounts as to the beginning of Mehregan. A few, different versions are listed below:1.Mehregan is a day of victory when Angels helped Fereydoon and Kaveh become victorious over Zahak. They imprisoned him in the Damavand Mountain where he died from his wounds.2

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The archaeological site of Takhte- soleyman is concidered to be one of the most ancient sites, located in North Western Iran. From the time of the Megi who nurtured the sacred fire of adhar Gushnasp beside the bottomless lake of deepest blue until today, Takht-e Soleyman,( the Throne of Solomon), has remained for all who see it a sacred place. Dynasties have called it by different names. For some

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Stars have facinated humans for ages; while some have worshiped it, others have studied it. Astron in Greek language means Stars and Astronomy is the science of the heacenly bodies. In Ancient Iran the study of stars and planets and its effect on humans had been a subject of research and they made good use of the knowledge they gained from such research. Among the fragments of the ancient Persian

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What I'm about to write is taken from the book of Xenophon, a Greek writer who travelled to many places and even wrote a book with the name of "The Persian Expedition" about Iran. He claimed that he had travelled with Cyrus the Great, the King of Persia and the below text is about how he identifyed Cyrus as a character. Xenophon's porpuse by writing this book was to introduce the persian culture

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One of the more proud moments in the Persian history was when ShapurI the king of Persia fought with Valerian the Roman emperor and defeated him. Pahlavi Shapur (c.215 - 272) was the son of Ardashir, the founder of the Sassanian dynasty in Persia. Shapur fought against Rome in Asia Minor and imprisoned the emperor Valerian for the rest of his life. The story goes that Shapur conquered Armenia,

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The Ganjnameh Or (Jangnameh) is located in Abbas Abad Valley, 5 km. west of Hamedan, the ancient Ecbatana or Hecmatane, which served as the capital of the Medes and Achaemenids. The site contains scripts which have been carved in to the gigantic rocks of Alvand mountain and describe the conquests of two Achaemeniad Kings namely, Darius and his son Xerxes, (khashayar) who call Ahuramazda for help.

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I participated in a political act a number of days ago, and in doing so I was confronted with an act that could only be taken as an unthoughtful affair, an action that was to be depicted as unity but didn't represent the aim under any circumstances. Consiquently, I conducted an small research in effect to learn something about how ancient Persians treated each other and what was considered right

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Shahnameh, (the epic of Kings), was composed in the 10th century by Ferdowsi, a persian poet who is the crown jewel of the Persian literature and is cherished by all Iranians and Persian speaking societies. The Shahnameh is one of the definite classic literatures of the world in which Ferdowsi tells hero's tales of ancient Persia. It is the history of Iran's glorious past, preserved in all time

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Cyrus (Kourosh in Persian; Kouros in Greek), is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures in history. He was the hero who united Persians under the leadership of Achaemenes Empire. He was the desendant of a long line of Persian kings and should be reffered to as Cyrus II, having been named after his grandfather. Cyrus the Great is important in relations to 3 dianamic actions that he took in

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One of the most fabulous ruins in Iran is Persepolis or Takht-e- Jamshid as we Iranians call it which covers 125.000 squer meter in the province of Fars located in heart of Iran. Persepolis was built in about 500 BC by Achaemenian Kings Darius, Xerxes (khashayar), and their successors. There are no words to describe this beautiful Palace which was later on burnt down by Alexander the not so Great

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In 480 B.C., King Xerxes,(khashayar), of Persia ordered his men to build a canal a mile and a quarter long through a peninsula in Northern Greece- conceivably one of the biggest engineering assignments of it's time. The canal was critical to Xerxes' plan of invading Greece, a goal that his general, Mardonius, had unsuccessfully attempted 12 years earlier. Mardonius's fleet was destroyed in a

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During the reign of King Wagner III in Poland a number of rich persians earned power and even went so far as to rule the country. These noble people were called "Szlakhta". The role that they played was specially evident when they chose Jadwiga, (the second doughter of Loui of Hungry, the husband of Wagner III's sister), to become the Queen of Poland. You see, Wagner III had no children and so

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*I could proudly claim we Iranians have used the solar calendar ever since we reckoned the need to keep track of our days. While even today there are many cummunities that use a lunar calendar despite the fact that urban and agricultural societies need a solar calendar to be able to function sceintifically. Even Omar Khayam has cited that he used ancient sourses for designing his "Jalali Calendar

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Who says we Persians have no Plato, Oghlidous or Apolinious?In my mind I always percieved the vanishment of the discoveries of Iranian scholars as a fault of the persian community and the fact that they dont appriciate what they have and always take it for granted. What is evident though is that our country has been percieved as a golden land, plundered by many qonquerers such as Alexander the

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Homer and Ferdousi are two of the Epic writers( One from Greece, and the other from Iran), whom occupy a central position in the self-definition of their cultures. These two writers with their brilliant work gave the later ganerations a sense of national and cultural identity in a way that people still refer to them during their daily activities.There are not too many differences in the way that

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I have always been wanting to figure out the reasons for which the lizard eating Arab tribes succeeded in conquering the Persian Empire and forcing them to give up their religion and rituals while they had been standing against the more powerful Roman Empire for all those centuries. Well, in fact, the defeat of the Persian Empire had little to do with the Arab armies being too strong. Arabs moved

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"We of Iranian background have in our ancient culture elements that rival anything that Greece and Roman has offered to the heritage of man. It would be a shame if a few with a narrow understanding of what a fullbodied culture is succeed in hijacking our chance of proper self discovery and tie our hands with their limited views." Mehr Afzoon

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Sometimes I get this feeling that I'm being too nationalist but am I? I dont believe so, because I'm aware of the negetive aspect of the Persian cummunity and i pay attention to little things that can dystroy us. For example, one of the negetive elements in the behavior of a Persian citizin is their way of handeling critisizm. You see, the ultimate goal of critisizm is to reach a unified goal.

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Did You Know: - the word "Metropolitan", means the city of Mitra or the city of the Sun and was known to mean the capital city! - the name of the city Milan, Italy comes from the word Mehrayns or Mirans which were the centers of Mithraism in the ancient world. -the names of the weeks in English have their roots in the Mithraism and the Persian language, eg: * Mahshid (god of moon), Monday

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Have u ever heard the name Mitra before? As Mitra is a popular name among us persians these days, the roots of the name go back as far as 1735BC. In ancient Persia, before the time of the prophet Zarathushtra, the worshiping of the sun god Mithra and of the water goddess Anahita,(the Greeks call her Anitha),was popular among not only persians but all around the world, http://www.persepolis.com/

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