Indo-Iranians

Kuiper, F.B.J. 1970. Review ofWasson 1968. Soma Divine Mushroom of Immortality. Indo-IranianJourrudtxi.fi 279—285. Followed by hsson, R.G. 1970. Soma Comments inspired by Professor Kuiper s review Indo-Iranian Joumalix f) 286— 298. See Wasson 1970B. 

Flattery, D.S. and M. Schwartz 1989. Ha-oma andHarmaline The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen sic Soma" and its Legacy in Rslipon, Language, and Middle Eastern Folklore. (Near Eastern Studies blume 21) University of California Press, Berkeley, ca. 

Sharru-Kin did not erase civilization in the manner of the Indo-Iranians but fused with Sumerian culture over his fifty-five year reign. He adopted their system of writing and built a grand new capital in northern Mesopotamia called Agade, which became the richest city in the world. 

The main war force of the Hyksos was Indo-Hittite and more particularly Indo-Iranian Hurrian. These were the Haxa from Eastern Iran. We know less about this military force because of their peculiar characteristic of discouraging written records. 

The advanced chariotry of the invaders graphically demonstrates the Indo-Iranian influence within the Hyksos. This technology came from the Hurrians whose large Trans-Caspian horses easily displaced the small ass drawn chariots of the Egyptians. 

Commerce drove this seemingly odd cultural combination of Indo-Iranian Hurrians and Semitic Israelites. As explained in Chapter 5, the Anatolian Commagene was the central interface where hrdo-Hittites and Afro-Asiatic Semites were geographically compressed. The races had apparently learned to live together in relative harmony. 

Kiyumars, the first Indo-Iranian king who ruled from the Mountain of Madai. Mount Elburz or Harra are other names for Mount Madai. It is located in the Taurus Mountains between the Commagene of East Anatolia and the Zagros Mountains of Azerbaijan. ... 

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