The Creation and Spread of Civilization in Shahnameh: from Kyumars to Jamshid

In composing his great work، Ferdowsi used resources such as Khodaynamehs، historical narratives، Abu Mansoor’s Shahnameh، Avesta، and oral narratives. With his wise views، Ferdowsi precisely and delicately combined the fundamentals of Iranian ancient culture and civilization with Islamic art and culture and thereby made the Iranian global culture last forever. In this article، two early kings of Shahnameh who played great roles in the creation and expansion of Aryan culture and civilization have been studied. Kyumars، the founder of the first human civilization and the first king and Jamshid، the fourth king were influential in spreading this unique culture and civilization. Presenting evidence from Shahnameh، the article mentions the first discoveries and innovations attributed to these two kings in creating and spreading this great culture and civilization.