Now, THAT'S what I'm talking about! Whoo hoo! Bust out the JSTOR...

You think those two sets of authors would disagree?

I don't. In fact, I think they both might be in agreement: the tenants owned the land, the landlord just had the palace.

You see, abou, the author of the article cited in Iranchamber is using the sources cited against each other.

Sir Mortimer Wheeler was a supporter of the idea that Hellenism had a long-range and profound impact on Iranian culture.

I'd bet Sherwin-White and Kuhrt would agree with me, that the Seleucids (200-ish years) weren't nearly as significant as either the Achaemenians before (300 years) or the Sassanids after (400 years).