Response to Spiegel Magazine’s Attack on the Legacy of Cyrus the Great

Maryam Hojjat
by Maryam Hojjat
23-Jul-2008
 

As you may recall, Spiegel Magazine recently posted a revisionist view of the history of Cyrus the Great:


Falling for Ancient Propaganda: UN Treasure Honors Persian Despot

By Matthias Schulz (Matthias_Schulz@spiegel.de)


http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,564395,00.html (German)


http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,566027,00.html (English)


Dr. Kaveh Farrokh (PhD)
Historian - University of British Columbia Continuing Studies Division

has written a humble retort to that Spiegel essay:


http://kavad.netfirms.com/articles/spiegel_cyrus.html

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samsam1111

Maryam !

by samsam1111 on Wed Jul 23, 2008 05:43 AM PDT

Great article ..Good logic & good job Exposing  the similarities to the iliterate so called Prof Pourpira the paid traitor and known Iran hater. 


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