Persia
Response to Spiegel Magazine’s Attack on the Legacy of Cyrus the Great
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:
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by samsam1111 on Wed Jul 23, 2008 05:43 AM PDTGreat article ..Good logic & good job Exposing the similarities to the iliterate so called Prof Pourpira the paid traitor and known Iran hater.