To celebrate the Persian New Year's festival of Nowruz, check out the 2nd Sort-of Annual Holiday Special, exploring the New Year's celebrations of the Achaemenid Empire. Called Navasarda at that time, many of the traditions associated with the modern holiday were still developing during the Achaemenid period. The origins and original purpose of the holiday season are hazy and changed and developed as Iranian society evolved over centuries.
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67: The Empire of Artaxerxes
66: The Syrian Civil War
65: The Peace of Callias
64: Fight to the End
63: The Little Pharaoh That Could(n't)
62: Death In Quick Succession
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61: Blood on the Eurymedon
60: Given Against The Demons
59: Holy War
58: Persia's First Family
57: Xerxes at Home
56: Domestic Affairs
55: Still Loud on the Western Front
54: Two By "Sea"
53: One By Land
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52: The Adventure Continues
51: Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
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