A family of languages known as the Iranian language family is spoken in the areas indicated on the map above. Old Persian, which is known through the cuneiform inscriptions of the Achaemenian rulers, and Avestan, the language of the Avesta, a collection of sacred Zoroastrian books, are the...
Empires One unit of global society has been the empire, a regional body. There have been regional mass societies across the planet for millennia, with decisions made by regional elites far from the masses. Formerly, the 232 M. HAAS elites were rulers of such empires as Persia and ...