Search results for "Middle Persian" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Persian Gulf is located in Southwest Asia. It is an extension ... The Persian Gulf and its coastal areas are the world's largest ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- linguistic prodigy, learning Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, and the basics ... of a work originally written in Persian. This would be the first ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Rawlinson initially came into contact with Persian inscriptions while posted ... which time he had become proficient in the Persian language, he was sent, together ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 23:12, 8 February 2022
- Bisitun or Bisutun, بیستون in modern Persian; in Old Persian is Bagastana ... languages: two languages side by side, Old Persian and Elamite, and Babylonian ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- , (935–1020) was a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author ... translation of an even older Pahlavi (Middle Persian) work. It has remained ...15 KB (2,389 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- - Old Persian: Sughuda; سغد ; 粟特 - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization ... literary corpus, standing next to Middle Persian and Parthian. The language ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- The Samanids (819–999)Sāmāniyān) were a Persian dynasty in Central ... Scholars note that the Samanids revived Persian more than the Buyids and ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- (modern-day Iraq), which was a part of the Persian Empire. He was an exceptionally ... three different Iranian scripts, viz. Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically ... the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf. ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- northern Syria and Iraq to the head of the Persian Gulf. an alluvial salt marsh ecoregion of the Middle East. The rivers have several ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- or simply The Nights) is a medieval Middle Eastern literary epic which ... the original versions from traditional, Middle Eastern culture, they nonetheless ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the eleventh to ... The dynasty marked the beginning of Turkic power in the Middle East ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- in English); and a thirteenth Century Persian harmony. The Arabic harmony ... fourteenth century Gospel harmonies in Middle Dutch, Middle High German ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- written in various languages--Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian ... Aramaic, the eighth being written in Middle Persian and dedicated to the ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- them as their peers. The survival of the Persian empire against Rome prevented ... hostilities with Persia, marching into Persian territory in aid of the ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- in Hindustani classical music since the Middle Ages. The Beatles' lead ... The name sitar comes from the Persian language سیتار sehtar; ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- Persepolis (Old Persian: 'Pars', New Persian: تخت جمشید ... be the central city of the ever expanding Persian empire, besieged and destroyed ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 17:58, 26 March 2023
- view (or for the view of a god, as in the Persian Behistun inscription), and ... Bisitun or Bisutun, بیستون in modern Persian; in Old Persian is Bagastana ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- of architecture, the Taj Mahal, and fused Persian and India styles to produce ... Asian Turks and Mongols also adopted the Persian literary and high culture ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- Дербент; Avar: Дербенд; Persian: دربند, Darband) is ... The name Derbent derives from the Persian darband, meaning closed ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
