The Cyrus Cylinder
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Artwork
Description:
The Cyrus Cylinder, 539–538 BCE. Iraq, Achaemenid period (550–330 BCE). Baked clay. © Trustees of the British Museum.
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Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Background Information
Description:
Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder
Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire
Grade Level:
High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:57:40
Description:
Touraj Daryaee, Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture at the University of California, Irvine, gives a talk to teachers about Cyrus the Great in conjunction with the Cyrus Cylinder exhibition at the Asian Art Museum (on view from August 9–September 22, 2013).
Great Power, Great Choices
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:11:21
Description:
Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Busyhead, tells a story about Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder in the Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia exhibition at the Asian Art Museum (August 9–September 22, 2013).
How did Alexander the Great appropriate Persian culture and ideas into his empire?
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:02:12
Description:
Dr. Touraj Daryaee, Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture at the University of California, Irvine discusses Alexander the Great and Persian culture and ideas at the Cyrus Cylinder Teacher Workshop at the Asian Art Museum on August 12, 2013 in conjunction with the Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia exhibition (August 9–September 22, 2013).
Investigating the Cyrus Cylinder: K-W-L
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Lesson or Activity
Duration:
45 minutes
Map of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)
Grade Level:
Middle School (6-8)
Resource Type:
Artwork
Description:
Map
Panel Discussion: The Cyrus Cylinder
Grade Level:
College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:1:15:34
Description:
A panel discussion about the Cyrus Cylinder and its uses, misuses, and contemporary Iran with Mitra Ara, Trita Parsi, and Reza Zarghamee. Moderated by Jay Xu.
The Cyrus Cylinder: Uses, Misuses, and Contemporary Iran
Grade Level:
High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Video
Duration:
0:23:17
Description:
John Curtis, Keeper of Special Middle East Projects at the British Museum, discusses the Cyrus Cylinder at the Asian Art Museum.