The Forgotten Empire of the Achaemenids
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A ten minute documentary on the history of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (best known now for being defeated by Alexander). Written, filmed, narrated and edited by my daughter, Shireen Fotouhi Hinckley in 2007 (when she was 14, in Grade 9,...
A ten minute documentary on the history of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (best known now for being defeated by Alexander). Written, filmed, narrated and edited by my daughter, Shireen Fotouhi Hinckley in 2007 (when she was 14, in Grade 9, Winchester High School). She conducted the interview over Skype.
This was a Senior Division, Individual Documentary submission to the 2007 National History Day competition. The topic was "Triumph and Tragedy". It won an Honorable Mention in the Boston-area Regional Competition.
