Muhammad A. Dandamayev
Articles by Muhammad A. Dandamayev
- ANDIA
A version of this article is available in print Volume II, Fascicle 1, pp. 25-26 ANDIA, district to the south…
- CITIZENSHIP i. In the Achaemenid Period
CITIZENSHIP i. In the Achaemenid Period All freeborn inhabitants of the Achaemenid empire were considered subjects of the Persian king….
- MAGI
MAGI (OPers. magu-, Baby. maguš, Gr. mágos [μάγος], Lat. magus), the only recorded designation of priests of all western Iranians…
- MAGOPHONIA
MAGOPHONIA (slaughter of the Magi). According to Herodotus (3.79: τα μαγοφóνια; see also Ctesias, frag. 15: μαγοφονι α), when Darius…
- COURTS AND COURTIERS i. In the Median and Achaemenid periods
COURTS AND COURTIERS i. In the Median and Achaemenid periods Available information on the Median and Achaemenid imperial courts is…
- COMMERCE ii. In the Achaemenid period
COMMERCE ii. In the Achaemenid period In the Achaemenid period trade, both within the empire and outside it, developed on…
- EDUCATION i. IN THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD
EDUCATION i. IN THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD Little is known of the training of children during the Achaemenid period. In two…
- ECONOMY iii. IN THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD
ECONOMY iii. IN THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD The Achaemenid empire, extending from the Indus river to the Aegean sea, comprised such…
- EBER-NĀRI
EBER-NĀRI (Aram. Abar Naharā, “Beyond/Across the river”), the Akkadian name used in Assyrian and Babylonian records of the 8th-5th centuries…
- DOCUMENTS
DOCUMENTS, production and registration of. i. In pre-Islamic periods. ii. Babylonian and Egyptian documents in the Achaemenid period. iii. In…
- DIVORCE
DIVORCE, legal termination of marriage. In the following series of articles only those communities are taken into consideration which are…
- DADARSIS
DĀDARŠIŠ, Old Persian name derived from darš “to dare” (Kent, Old Persian, p. 189). Three men with this name are…
- CYRUS iii. Cyrus II The Great
CYRUS iii. Cyrus II The Great Cyrus II the Great (also known to the Greeks as Cyrus the Elder; b….
- CYRUS iv. The Cyrus cylinder
CYRUS iv. The Cyrus cylinder The Cyrus cylinder (British Museum, no. 90920; Walker, p. 158; Budge, pl. XL; Rawlinson, pl….
- CONTRACTS
CONTRACTS (usually ʿaqd), legally enforceable undertakings between two or more consenting parties. Contract law is concerned with such questions as…
- CAMBYSES
CAMBYSES (OPers. Kambūǰiya-, Elamite Kanbuziya, Akkadian Kambuziya, Aram. Knbwzy), the name of two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty. According to…
- BARDA and BARDA-DĀRI i. Achaemenid Period
BARDA and BARDA-DĀRI i. In the Achaemenid Period At the beginning of the Achaemenid period, the institution of slavery was…
- HARPAGOS
HARPAGOS, a Median magnate and the trusted advisor of the last Median king Astyages (q.v.). In 550 B.C.E, during the…
- FRĀDA
FRĀDA, a Margian leader. According to the Bīsotūn (q.v.) inscription of Darius I (3.10-21), the people of Margiana, (i.e., Marv)…