Essay question: What was the status and role of royal & elite women in ancient Persian society (from the Achaemenid to the Sasanian period)? What significant tasks did both elite and non-elite Iranian women undertake? What is problematic about some of the sources that discuss Iranian women? How do various groups use certain depictions of ancient Iranian women in order to serve a particular agenda or propaganda in our contemporary world?
Two pages and need to use at least five examples.