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THE EPIC OF SHAHNAMEH FERDOWSI: Chapter 10-The Return of Kai Khosrow

This is the translation of one of the world’s greatest masterpieces The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi (The Epic of Kings: Hero Tales of Ancient Persia) created by Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (940-1020) World famous Persian (Iranian) poet Chapter 10The Return of Kai Khosrow In a little time it came about that there was born unto Ferangis, in the house of Piran, a son of the race of Saiawush. And Piran, when he had seen the […]

The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi: Chapter 9-Saiawosh (Siavash)

This is the translation of one of the world’s greatest masterpieces The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi (The Epic of Kings: Hero Tales of Ancient Persia) created by Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (940-1020) World famous Persian (Iranian) poet Chapter 9Saiawosh (Siavash) On a certain day it came about that Toos, Gew, Goodarz, and other brave knights of Iran went forth to chase wild asses in the forests of Daghoui. Now when they were come into the […]

The Book of Kings

  An age of invasions ◦ About 2,200 years ago, brilliant civilizations were flourishing in Asia and in Europe. While ancient Egypt was another very important cultural pole on the edges of the Mediterranean Sea, ancient Greece was rapidly expanding: the time of the great philosophers, Socrates, Plato and his disciple Aristotle was still close, and the Acropolis shone on the whole Mediterranean basin, while Rome and Carthage were at each other’s throat.

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