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Methods and models in ancient history: Essays in honor of Jørgen Christian Meyer, 2020
Book Reviews by Aleksander Engeskaug
Conference Presentations by Aleksander Engeskaug
![Research paper thumbnail of “What Did Sasanian Farms Look Like? Observations on the Physical Features of Farms and Estates in Sasanian Iran based on Textual Sources”, at Ninth European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS 9), Berlin, 9-13 September 2019, Institute of Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. [ABSTRACT]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/60619246/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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“New Research on the Economy of Sasanian Iran: Land and Profit in the Middle Persian Literature”, at Broadening Horizons 6, June 24-28, 2019, Freie Universität Berlin.
“Village Temples, City Temples and Other Temples: Zoroastrian Fire Temples and Settlements in Sasanian Iran”, at London Postgraduate Conference for the Ancient Near East, 1-2 December 2018, British Museum, London.
“Fire Temples, Firewood, and Forestry in Sasanian Fārs”, Paleopersepolis: Towards an Environmental and Socio-Economic History of Ancient Persis, 4-6 July 2018, Kiel, Germany.
“Market and State – On the Organization of Local Trade, State Intervention at the Marketplace, and the Zoroastrian ‘Morality of the Market’ in Sasanian Iran”, Symposia Iranica, Third Biennial Iranian Studies Graduate Conference, 11-12 April 2017, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
“Villages and Rural Settlements in the Imperial Economy of Sasanian Persia”, Symposia Iranica, Second Biennial Graduate Conference on Iranian Studies, 8-9 April 2015, University of Cambridge.
Travelogue by Aleksander Engeskaug
Takht-e Suleyman i det nordvestlige Iran og noen betraktninger om de zoroastriske ildtemplenes økonomi [Takht-e Suleyman in North-Western Iran and Some Remarks about the Economy of the Zoroastrian Fire Temples] (in Norwegian) In: Historikeren, 2017, no. 2, pp. 14-17.
Historikeren: Medlemsblad for Den Norske Historiske Forening [The Historian: Bulletin of the Norwegian Historical Association], 2017
Thesis by Aleksander Engeskaug
Zoroastrian Money: Property, Income, and Finances of the Zoroastrian Fire Temples in Sasanian Iran. MA dissertation in Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 2016.
The topic of this dissertation is the economy of the Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Iran. T... more The topic of this dissertation is the economy of the Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Iran. The aim is to investigate the role of money in the economy of the fire temples, and to what extent they engaged in commercial activities. The study begins by looking at the economic implications of the founding of new fire temples. Thereafter the agricultural aspects of the fire temple economy are investigated, in particular the nature of the agricultural surplus and income that resulted from the landed temple estates. It is argued that by the time the surplus reached the priests at the fire temples and other designated recipients, it was mainly in the form of monetary salaries. In other words, the agricultural surplus from the fire temple land was first sold and thus converted into cash. This is followed by a discussion of other sources of fire temple income, and also here it is argued that the income mainly consisted of monetary donations and salaries. Lastly, in light of these observations, the study proceeds to briefly discuss what else we know about the commercial activities of Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Iran.
Landsby og sentralmakt i senantikkens Persia [Village and Central Authority in Late Antique Persia] (in Norwegian), MA dissertation in History, University of Bergen, 2014.
Methods and models in ancient history: Essays in honor of Jørgen Christian Meyer, 2020
“New Research on the Economy of Sasanian Iran: Land and Profit in the Middle Persian Literature”, at Broadening Horizons 6, June 24-28, 2019, Freie Universität Berlin.
“Village Temples, City Temples and Other Temples: Zoroastrian Fire Temples and Settlements in Sasanian Iran”, at London Postgraduate Conference for the Ancient Near East, 1-2 December 2018, British Museum, London.
“Fire Temples, Firewood, and Forestry in Sasanian Fārs”, Paleopersepolis: Towards an Environmental and Socio-Economic History of Ancient Persis, 4-6 July 2018, Kiel, Germany.
“Market and State – On the Organization of Local Trade, State Intervention at the Marketplace, and the Zoroastrian ‘Morality of the Market’ in Sasanian Iran”, Symposia Iranica, Third Biennial Iranian Studies Graduate Conference, 11-12 April 2017, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
“Villages and Rural Settlements in the Imperial Economy of Sasanian Persia”, Symposia Iranica, Second Biennial Graduate Conference on Iranian Studies, 8-9 April 2015, University of Cambridge.
Takht-e Suleyman i det nordvestlige Iran og noen betraktninger om de zoroastriske ildtemplenes økonomi [Takht-e Suleyman in North-Western Iran and Some Remarks about the Economy of the Zoroastrian Fire Temples] (in Norwegian) In: Historikeren, 2017, no. 2, pp. 14-17.
Historikeren: Medlemsblad for Den Norske Historiske Forening [The Historian: Bulletin of the Norwegian Historical Association], 2017
Zoroastrian Money: Property, Income, and Finances of the Zoroastrian Fire Temples in Sasanian Iran. MA dissertation in Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 2016.
The topic of this dissertation is the economy of the Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Iran. T... more The topic of this dissertation is the economy of the Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Iran. The aim is to investigate the role of money in the economy of the fire temples, and to what extent they engaged in commercial activities. The study begins by looking at the economic implications of the founding of new fire temples. Thereafter the agricultural aspects of the fire temple economy are investigated, in particular the nature of the agricultural surplus and income that resulted from the landed temple estates. It is argued that by the time the surplus reached the priests at the fire temples and other designated recipients, it was mainly in the form of monetary salaries. In other words, the agricultural surplus from the fire temple land was first sold and thus converted into cash. This is followed by a discussion of other sources of fire temple income, and also here it is argued that the income mainly consisted of monetary donations and salaries. Lastly, in light of these observations, the study proceeds to briefly discuss what else we know about the commercial activities of Zoroastrian fire temples in Sasanian Iran.
Landsby og sentralmakt i senantikkens Persia [Village and Central Authority in Late Antique Persia] (in Norwegian), MA dissertation in History, University of Bergen, 2014.