Origins: the land and the people
The achievements of the Achaemenids
Cyrus the Great in history and legend
Perspolis: city, throne and power
Thus spake Zarathustra: religion and empire
Alexander of Madecon and the Hellenistic interlude
Empire revived: the Sasanids
Islamic Persia and Persian Islam
From Persepolis to Samarkand: the Persian legacy in central Asia
Paradise of bliss: the Persian legacy in India from the Timurids to the Mughals
Cyrus with golden caviar: the last dynasty salutes the first
From Shahyad to Azadi: the Islamic Republic and the ancient legacy
Concusion: Power and paradise.
