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To Do List

By Thursday 12/1: each member should add content to the article and each member should look at & comment on another group's article

By Tuesday 12/6: create a presentation about the article as a group that will be presented today. The presentation should be 20 to 25 minutes and include:

1. Why we chose this topic
2. Discuss content of article
3. Reflection on challenges and what was valuable about this project
4. Soliciot feedback

By Friday 12/9 at 5:00 p.m: Have the final draft of the article posted for the teacher to grade.

For the article, each member needs to write at least 3 body paragraphs and include enough information to make it in depth.

A. Introduction - Ashley

B. Brief History of Sassanid/Sasanian Dynasty - Kellie

1. Sassanid/Sasanian Empire reigned from 224 to 651 C.E.
2. Zoroastrianism is the state religion

a. Conflicts between Zoroastrians and Christians

1. Emperor encompassed Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, and southwestern Central Asia

C. Roles of Women - Dan

1. The elite women’s primary job was giving birth to legitimate children and to rear the children.
2. Women were required to be completely obedient to their husbands.
3. Women Rulers

a. Borandukht (Boran)

b. Azarmigduxt (Azarmedukht

D. Marriage practices - Allison

1. Women could be three types of wives.

a. Privileged (patikhsahu) wife- required a contract and had more rights.

b. Subordinate (chagar) wife- lack the same rights as privileged wife.

c. Self-entrusted, self-dependent (khwasray) wife- could become a privileged wife after her son reaches the age of 15.

1. Men could only have one privileged wife, the others were subordinate wives.
2. Men marrying family members was allowed and sometimes esteemed.

E. Privileges and Rights of Women- Kerri

1. Women were allowed to be depicted in imperial art, which had previously not been allowed.
2. Particular rights and responsibilities were given to freeborn women.

a. The right to enter into contractual agreements.

b. The right to enter into commercial transactions.

c. Access to inheritance.

d. The responsibility to pay debts and they were held responsible for violating the law.

1. Female slaves were more restricted with fewer rights.
2. Property Rights

F. Sasanian society’s influence on Islam. –Ashley

G. Conclusion - Kellie

--LittleDuck17 (talk) 21:11, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Opinions

I like the idea of focusing on just one woman, Ume Warqa, and her article page is only a few sentences so we can build onto it.--Ashley.harrison21 (talk) 15:47, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey Ashley, I was wondering if you could help me with citing my sources. Not sure why there is still an error. When I used my first reference I used the template so it used the long version and after that is all the short versions. However, do I add anything else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerri grant (talk • contribs) 04:02, 7 December 2011 (UTC)