“The Birth of the Nomadic World and the History of Ancient Iran”

“The Birth of the Nomadic World and the History of Ancient Iran”

• When and by whom was the horse first domesticated?

• When did the confrontation between the world of farmers and the world of nomads begin?

• How did the linguistic map of Europe, the Middle East, and India change — and why do we speak Indo-European languages today?

• How did the Persians create the first universal empire?

• What was revolutionary about Zoroastrianism, and where did the figure of the Devil originate?

• What is the danger behind the story of “the bird, the mouse, the frog, and the five arrows”?