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Persia. The Empires of Persia. The Rise and Fall of the Persian Empires The Achaemenid Empire The Medes and the Persians. The Achaemenid and Seleucid empires, 558-83 B.C.E. The Empires of Persia. The Rise and Fall of the Persian Empires The Achaemenid Empire The Medes and
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The Empires of Persia • Sources From the Past Zoroaster on Good and Evil “In the beginning, there were two Primal Spirits, Twins spontaneously active; These are the Good and the Evil, in thought, and in word and in deed; Between these two, let the wise choose aright; Be good, not base.” -- The Divine Songs of Zarathustra