Glossary
INTRODUCTION
Aryana
Ancient Aryana
Images from the Region of Greater Aryana
Trade & Stories
Silk Roads
Caravans
Bactrian Camel
Caravans Continued
The Storied Caravanserai
Bazaars
Chai-khanas
Tea & Celestial Horses
Celestial Horses
The Mystic Caravanserai
Calling, Yearning, Pulling, Home to You
The Stellar Cypress
Some Noteworthy Cypress Trees in Iran
Cypress of Abarkuh
Cypress of Harzevil
Enigmatic Images of the Cypress
The Bending Cypress
The Cypress & the Vine
The Cypress and the Flame
The Cypress Image in Temples & Homes
Boteh or Paisley Design
Cypresses of Aryana - Varieties
DETAILS - ARYANA
Aryana & Aryans
Aryans
Old & Greater Aryana - Iran-Shahr
Ancient Aryana
Aryana's Historical Phases
Avestan Phase
Gaya Maretan / Gayomard & the Aryan Stone Age
First Human or First King?
Hushang & the Dawn of Aryan Civilization
The Age of Hushang, Aryana's Metal Age
Was a Golden Age the First Metal Age?
The Oxus Treasure
Tahmuras & Jamsheed
Seven Seas
Farshiang - Royal Headband
Ancient Aryana's Landscape & Locale
Rivers & Their Mountain Origins
The Ocean Vouru Kasha/Frakhvkart/Varkash
River Vanguhi Daitya
The Oxus-Indus as a Veh River
Hara (Alborz) Mountains
Mount Hukarya
Alborz (Hara) & the Hind (Hindu-Indus) Connection
Taera Harayao & Mount Meru
Ancient Aryana as Paradise
Defeat of Evil
Growth of Ancient Aryana
First Expansion of Ancient Aryana
The Upper Hindu - Indus River Region
Formation of Old Aryana
King Thraetaona / Feridoon
First Aryan Empire
Kayanian Dynastic Era
King Khosrau & Old Aryana
King Vishtasp, Zarathushtra & the War of Religion
Composition of the Avesta
King Vohuman & Internal Warfare
Old Aryana - Vendidad's Sixteen Nations
Hapta-Hindu, Sapta-Sindhu
Aryans & the Indus Valley Civilization - Pt. 1
Mehrgarh & Old Aryana
Mehrgarh's Name & the Reappearance of Mithra
Peaceful Stone Age Settlement
Artisans
Travel & Trade
Trade & Nation Building
Lapis Lazuli & Trade
Extensive Trade Network throughout Aryana
Trade & the Growth of Aryana
War & Peace in Aryana
Peaceful Existence of Mehrgarh
Fortified Settlements in Northern Aryana
Aryans & the Indus Valley Civilization - Pt. 2
Mohenjo-Daro - a Curiosity
Trade & Cooperation
Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization
The Aryan Connection
Aryan Invasion Fallacy
The Post-Avestan Phase in Aryan History
Historical Emergence of the Medes and Persians
Mada - Medes
King Deioces/Diyaku
Mede King - Phraortes II/Fravartish II
Formation of Greater Aryana & the Mede Empire
Parsa, Parsi - the Persians & the Achaemenids
The Persians: Cyrus II, the Great
The Parsi/Parsiban of Central Asia
Parsi and Parsiana
Seleucid Rule of Aryana
Mongol & Turkic Displacement of the Aryans
The Liberation of Aryana
Parthia & Saka - Aryana's Liberators
Sassanian Persians Gain the Throne of Aryana
Extent of Greater Aryana
Country Names with -an -ana -san -shan -stan
Caravanserais
Celebration of Nowruz
Extent of Aryana - Sources
Quotes from Strabo's Geographica (Geography)
Old Aryana
Darius the Great's Inscription at Behistun
Sassanian Inscriptions
Naqsh-e Rustam
Kaba-e Zarthosht Inscriptions, Naqsh-e Rustam
Extent of Sassanian Aryana
Extent of Aryana as in Arabic Language Texts
Hamza Isfahani
Biruni
Mustawfi
Masudi
LITERARY SOURCES - ANCIENT CHRONICLES
Ancient & Lost Chronicles of Aryana
Living Books
Intrepid Travellers & Builders of Community Bonds
Caravans, Caravanserais & Chai-khanas
Zur-khane - House of Strength
Shahnameh - Book of Kings
Asadi Tusi - 10th to 11th Century
Ferdowsi Tusi - 10th to 11th Century
Ferdowsi's Ancient Sources
Dakiki - 10th Century
Samanids - 9th to 10th Century
Rudaki - 9th to 10th Century
10th Century New Persian Shahnamehs
Abu Ali Balkhi Shahnameh - Late 10th Century
Abu Mansur Shahnameh - Mid 10th Century
Marvazi & Abul Balkhi Shahnamehs - Early 10th Century
8th to 9th Century Namehs
Mobed Bahram Mardanshah - 8th to 9th Century
Ruzbeh pur-e Daduya / Muqaffa - 8th Century
Khwaday-Namag
΄Heresy΄ & the Destruction of Manuscripts
Kalila wa Dimna
A Thousand and One Nights
Post-Arab Invasion Zand Texts - 8th to 9th Century
Hudinan Peshobay
Bundahishn
Denkard
Post-Arab Invasion Destruction of Texts
Sassanian Era Texts - 3rd to 7th Century
Dehgan Daneshvar - Mid 7th Century
Khosrau ut Retak (Khusrow and the Page)
6th Century
Menog-i Kherad - 6th Century
Andarz
4th Century
3rd Century
Parthian Era Texts - 3rd Century BCE to 3rd Century CE
Parthian Retrieval & Reconstruction of Texts
The Syriac Letters
Persica - Greek Histories of Persia
Destruction of Persepolis & Its Libraries
Diodorus Siculus on the Burning of Persepolis
Destruction & Transfer of Texts by Alexander
Achaemenid Era Book of Kings - Basilikai Diphterai
The Zand Avesta
Rig Veda
Composition of the Avesta
Dating the Avesta's Composition
Pre-Zoroastrian Concepts in the Avesta
What We Know
Oral Composition of the Avesta
Written Compilation of the Avesta
First Known Written Compilation - Achaemenid Avesta
Second Written Compilation - Parthian Avesta
Third Written Compilation - Sassanian Avesta
Magi - Living Books
Biographies - Additional Source Authors
Classical Hellenic & Roman Authors
Herodotus
Xenophon
Strabo
Arabic Language Writers
Arabic Name Conventions
Hamza Isfahani (893-971)
Biruni (973-1048)
Modern English Language Authors
James Atkinson (1780-1852)
Warner & Warner (19th-Early 20th Century)
CYPRESS & HAOMA
Historic Cypress Trees of Aryana
Cypress of Kashmar - Tree from Paradise
The Unnamed Cypress of Khorasan
The Two Cypresses of Darg
The Cypress of Sangun
World's Largest Cypress Tree
Legendary Trees
Arbre Sol - Tree of the Sun
The Oriental Plane Tree or Chinar
Alexander & the Talking Trees of the Sun & Moon
Arbre Sec - The Dry Tree
Dry Trees of Iran - Darakht-e Khoshk
Veneration of the Cypress & Plane Trees
Venerable Trees - Pirs
Homage of King Xerxes
Ancient Approaches to Well-Being & Healing
The Healing Cypress & Plane Trees
Holistic Wellness, Well-being & Healing
Steps to Holistic Wellness
Collective Welfare
Restorative Healing
Care-Giving & Healers
Magi as Physicians & Surgeons
Caesarean Section in the Shahnameh
Haoma System for Wellness & Healing
Parahom Juice Extraction
The Hindu Soma Yajna Ceremony
Haoma - Hom - Ephedra
Ephedra - Stone Age Medicine?
The Name Haoma / Hom & the Species
Haoma's Characteristics and Habitat
Description of the Plant
Consumption & Frequency
Collection & Diminishing Supply
Mountain Hom
Haoma's Natural & Healing Properties
Barsom
Healing Plants & Trees
Cypress' Healing Properties
Oriental Plane's Healing Properties
Willow's Healing Properties
Tamarisk's Healing Properties
Pomegranate - the Wonder Tree
Food & Health Care
Heating & Cooling Foods
Determination of the Restorative Food Needed
The Meaning of Hot & Cold Foods
Classification of Hot & Cold Foods
Problem Food Combinations
Balanced Food Examples
Vegetarian Diet
Restorative Healing Foods
Aush
Aujil-e Moshkel-Gosha
Health & the Environment
Protection of the Air
The Atashgah & the Fire Urn
Protection of the Waters
Protection of the Earth
Waste Disposal
Baghs - Garden of Paradise
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