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906 words, approx. 3 pages Persians are people of Indo-European or Aryan origin that moved to the Iranian plateau from the east. The word "Persian" comes from the Persian word Parsa (its Arabic form is Fars), which referred to people from the region in the south of... summary from source:
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The Persians (Πέρσαι) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. It is the oldest surviving play in Western literature. It is also notable for being the only extant Greek tragedy based on contemporary events. The Persians was part of... 
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 New Internationalist Persian brides.
07/01/2000: 304 words, approx. 1 pages Persian Brides by Dorit Rabinyan translated by Yael Lotan (Canongate, ISBN 0 86241 851 8) Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan's tragi-comic novel, Persian Brides, is a strikingly mature and polished debut. Set at the turn of the century in the Jewish quarter... summary from source:
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society The Persian Empire
12/01/2006: 1,035 words, approx. 4 pages The Persian Empire. By Lindsay Alien. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005, 224 pp., $39.95. Lindsay Allen's book is a must read for the scholar who is interested in the Persian Empire, the rise of Alexander the Great, and the biblical books of... summary from source:
 AP News U.S. Navy replaces Persian Gulf carriers
5/7/2007: 306 words, approx. 1 pagesThe U.S. Navy said Sunday that it was maintaining a stepped-up military presence in the Persian Gulf by keeping two aircraft carriers in the area amid tensions with Iran.The USS Nimitz and the ships in its strike group were expected within two days to replace... summary from source:
AP News Iran seizes 3 Finns in Persian Gulf
6/6/2007: 373 words, approx. 1 pagesIran has detained three Finns for allegedly straying into its territorial waters during a fishing trip in the Persian Gulf but is releasing no information on their whereabouts, the Finnish ambassador to Tehran said Wednesday.Ambassador Heikki Puurunen said Iranian officials assured him that the three...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Lois Spatz
14,984 words, approx. 50 pages
In the following essays, Spatz discusses Aeschylus's life, his society, and the state of theater in his time, and provides an overview of the Persians, including analyses of its staging, diction, and imagery.
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