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  • 61Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as  Persia        historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …

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  • 62Бойс, Мэри — Нора Элизабет Мэри Бойс (англ. Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce, 2 августа 1920, Дарджилинг  4 апреля 2006)  британский учёный иранист, исследовательница зороастризма и манихейства. Содержание 1 Биография 2 …

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  • 63Robert Charles Zaehner — (1913 1974) was a British academic who specialised in Eastern religions. He was also an intelligence officer.LifeBorn April 8th 1913 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of Swiss immigrants, Zaehner was educated nearby at Tonbridge School. Later admitted… …

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  • 64James Hope Moulton — Reverend James Moulton was born on October 11 1863, and died at sea on 9 April 1917.BiographyHis family had a strong Methodist background. His father was the first headmaster of the Leys School, Cambridge where James was one of the first students …

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  • 65Asha — This article is about a Zoroastrian principle. For other uses, see Asha (disambiguation). Part of a series on Zoroastrianism Portal …

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  • 66Fire temple — Part of a series on Zoroastrianism Portal Primary topics Zoroa …

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  • 67Mazdak — (in Persian مزدک) (died c. 524 or 528) was a proto socialist[1] Persian reformer and religious activist who gained influence under the reign of the Sassanian Shahanshah Kavadh I. He claimed to be a prophet of God, and instituted communal… …

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  • 68Zoroaster — /zawr oh as teuhr, zohr , zawr oh as teuhr, zohr /, n. fl. 6th century B.C., Persian religious teacher. Also called Zarathustra. * * * or Zarathustra born с 628, probably Rhages, Iran died с 551 BCE Iranian religious reformer and prophet, founder …

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  • 69Persian Empire — The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The most widespread entity considered to have been a Persian Empire… …

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  • 70Culture of Azerbaijan — Part of a series on Azerbaijani people Culture Architecture  …

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