Recreating Pasargad (Book and DVD)

Recreating Pasargade

(Hard Cover Book and DVD, in Farsi and English Narration)

شکوه پاسارگاد
مولف/نويسنده :  فرزین رضائیان

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"Recreating Pasargadae, Cyrus the Great's Paradise," a film by Dr. Farzin Rezaeian.

The film presents the first digital reconstruction of Cyrus' palace and gardens at

Pasargadae, the first capital of the Persian Empire,through superb reconstructions

of its architecture and magnificent gardens (50 min.).

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The Book is  a magnificent hard cover book with lots of images and text in both

English and Farsi. It comes with a DVD containing the Film of Recreating Pasargade

which shows the magnificent beauty of Cyrus's palaces and gardens as it was over

2500 years ago. The DVD narration is both in English and Farsi.
 

The oldest Charter of Human Rights dates to the 6th century. Known as the Cyrus Cylinder it was

discovered in 1879 among the Babylon ruins of Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) by the

Assyro-British archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam in the foundations of the Esagila

(the Marduk temple of Babylon). It is housed in the British Museum in London.

 

Who Was Cyrus?

Cyrus the Great was born in 576BC in Anshan to Cambyses I and Mandane. Cambyses was King of

Ashan during the early 6th century. Mandane was the daughter of the daughter of King Astyages,

who was the last emperor of the Median dynastic empire (728-550BCE).

According to the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, King Astyages had a dream that his daughter,

Mandane, would give birth to a son that would destroy his empire. In response, he gave Mandane to

Cambyses. After Cyrus' birth, King Astyages once again had a dream foretelling the destruction of his

empire at the hands of Mandane's son. He hired one of his followers, Harpagus, to kill the newborn.

Harpagus couldn't do it. Instead he gave Cyrus to Mitridates, a shepard. Mitridates and his wife,

Spako, had just lost their newborn. Mitridates took the newborn prince home. When Cyrus was ten

years old, King Astyages learned of the Harpagus' deception and was so outraged that he has Harpagu's

son killed then served as the main course in a feast. He ordered Cyrus to his courts. King Astyages had

planned to kill Cyrus but at the advice of his Magi, who had interpreted the dreams before and told the king

to eliminate the threat, he allowed Cyrus to return to his parents. Cyrus was educated as a prince.

After Cambyses' death in 559 AD, Cyrus took his father's throne. In 553 AD, at the advice of an eager

Harpagus, who wanted revenge for his son's horrible death, Cyrus rebelled against his grandfather.

The battle between them took three years. In the third year of battle, King Astyages troops mutinied at the

Battle of Pasargadae. Cyrus captured his grandfather, conquered his kingdom but never killed him.

King Astyages lived in Cyrus' palace for the rest of his life. He was constantly harassed by Harpagus.

By conquering his grandfather's empire, Cyrus united the Persian and the Medes under one rule.

He began to build his own empire by appointing both Persian and Median officials, thus creating unity

between the two groups. Cyrus' empire was called the Achaemenid Empire. We know it as the

Persian Empire. After the then set his eyes upon expanding his own empire. Prior to his control Cyrus world looked like this:

Cyrus created the largest empire the world has ever known. As Cyrus conquered the world he did not

eliminate any culture or force his own beliefs upon them but accepted people for who they are.

He only demanded on thing from them: To accept him as his emperor. In biblical history,

after he conquered Babylon, Cyrus allowed the Jews that were living in exile to return to their

homelands. In response, the Jews declared Cyrus an honorable and righteous king.

 

The book and DVD  retails for $125 but you can order yours for only $95 while supplies last.

Due to the heavy weight of this book, shipping to Canada will be an additional $15

and to other counties outside of USA will be an additional $35. But we will include a

nice documentary about the present day Iran covering many cities, industries and

people of Iran for free. 

 

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