Nice to read that you really know what you are talking about :-)
Muslims? So sad, the Zoroarstrism wasn't that succesful. We would have a lot less Problems, I think. I'll have a look at ModDB the next days. How can someone hijack a mod everybody already knows that it is yours? Well, jealousy is the most honest form of admiration ;-)
To Mazandaran:
I've had a chat with some Iranians about the Mazandaran-Article in National Geographic some time ago. I just repeated what they told me, so it ain't rock hard evidence. They also told me that "Hamazan" does only mean "Woman" in Iranian Language (as far as I remember) - not "Female Warrior" or something like that.
Generally, greek writings are a nice source, but I do have my problems with them, though...
The earliest Time most of the Sagas & Legends were written down was somewere around 600 or 500 b.c. - a time, all these Amazons were long gone. And, to be frank, the findings in Russia from that period are just the sad, few Remains of a once glorious Civilisation. So, within the greek writings one can find a lot of details that are, let's say, not overly historically correct. Best example is the "Cutting-off-one-breast-Thesis": The Greeks (and ONLY the Greeks) had a ridiculous way to shoot a bow. They pulled the String to the middle of their chest. A woman can't do that - so they thought, they had to cut off one Breast for shooting a bow. This technique is complete rubbish, let that be told to you by someone with years of Historical-Bow-Shooting-Experience ;-)
Another thing is, that most people think that bow-shooting wasn't that effective unless you've got a giant heap of archers on the field. If you are interested, look out for "Lars Andersen" and "Fast Archery" in youtube. You really won't belive what you see - but it's real

P.S.:
Do you know if someone is digging around in Poliochni right now?
Most people say that it was a matriachial Society, also - but noone said, why they think so...