Posted on 01/07/2010 4:40:36 PM PST by Texas Fossil
>Ctesiphon is the one and the same modern day Esfahan or (the more correct Persian spelling) Espahan in central Iran.
Sorry Parisa, I was referring to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon
I meant to include this link as well in post #61:
“Ctesiphon (Parthian Tyspwn): ancient city on the Tigris (today’s Iraq), founded by the Parthians. The city was the capital of the Parthian and the Sasanian empires.”
http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/ctesiphon/ctesiphon.htm
> “he failed to pay attention to who had posted what and was more interested in bloviating and trying to make himself look superior.”
My post #31 was in reply to Quotes, which I included. Also, historical details in the post were clarifications not anything else.
Your name happened to be the first one on the ping list of my reply.
>”Hope that wasn’t more information than you bargained for! :o)”
Not at all & thanks for the details.
>”I just get too excited sometimes discussing the rich history of Iran!”
I know what you mean. My mother is Iranian-Zoroastrian from Yazd, and I used to live in Iran decades ago, although not in Yazd :-)
Wow, my father too is Yazdi as they say and has Zoroastrian ancestry though he is agnostic now.
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