Added: Aug 20, 2008
From: wwbehrouz
Duration: 10:1
The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the Great, who created a policy of religious and cultural tolerance that became the hallmark of Persian rule. Engineering feats include an innovative system of water management; a cross-continent paved roadway stretching 1500 miles; a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea; and the creation of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Mausoleum of Maussollos. The rivalry between Persia and Athens led to a 30-year war known as the Persian Wars, the outcome of which helped create the world we live in today. Peter Weller hosts.
Channel: Education
Tags: 300 akamanchi an cyrus daryus empire engineering hakhamaneshi iran iranian kings persians spart spartans the xerxes
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khashayar44 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - THE MIGHTY PERSIAN EMPIRE.
422hugo Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - lol the PERSIANS?.. these people are jokes!these clOuns couldnt penetrate to a STRONG army they call THE SPARTANS!only 3OO!!!!! comon clOuNs!
422hugo Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - and nOT tO mention all thOSE battles they lost agaist THE GREEKS WHO.. ARE.. NOT.. EVEN.. UNITED!!UNITED They OUT numbered GREEKS like cRaZy! and still lost lol.
americanhindi Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Long live the noble Zoroastrian spirit.
Gr2b578 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - agreed 422hugo, if they were so powerful, why did they lose 98% of the battles they fought agaisnt the Greeks???!!! LONG LIVE GREECE!!!i respect Persia, but they weren't as strong as people think they were.
Gr2b578 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - also, the persians brought this on themselves by attacking greece and burning the Parthenon!!! PAY BACK IS A BITCH!!
PersiaMyHeart Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - 98% of the battles????LOL just read the history of PERSIA again. But the real history.LONG LIVE PERSIA.
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Dud ok it wasn't ou fault that our amies were no match for spartans it was just that we were constaantly fighting arabs in scorching deserts so armour would only kill us in the horribe heat and the spartans also had 7000 greeks with them
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - agreed but during in later centuries we began adopting European strategys and weapons and driving back the Ottomans, Afghans and even the Portugese
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - We didnt actually start the war we went to war with them when they were helping people revolt against us which surprised me because the taxes were low and they were allowed to keep on following their gods
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Ya I agree every civilization had great discoveries under their belts
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Ok don't go in a rage man keep your cool we did have some like Rumi and ferdowsi all the rest was killed and their books were burned when the arabs invaded
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Our philosphy is based on good words good deeds and good thoughts, and many of the religions of god was kind of based on zorostrian.People in Middle Eastern countries used the dome wich we originally created.If it wasn't for the arabs invading our country the world coul've known more of our accomplishments but now it's all burned
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Dud they couden't hellenize us because soon the greeks in Persia were defeated by the Romans and the Parthians and we never really gave way to greek ideas except for merging our food
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - The idea that slavery was a sin against humanty and even thouth the Greeks were an amazing race of humans they still believed in slavery
nitroyoda Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Dud Nixter calm down Greece and Iran are friends now and we both have a common enemy the Turks and the Arabs
nixter888 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - IF YOU ARE OUR FRIENDS SHOW IT!!Until now you have not done a good job of showing that!!!
croscream Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Little children; please don't fight. We all know that world culture is romano-germanic culture. It where the French, Iberians, Italians, Germans, Dutch, Scandinavians and Britons who dominated world culture from the last 500 years, and we still dominate it to this day. The west is the light, the west is the darkness, the west is the source of all knowledge and creativity.
shiningIvory Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - The exact words of someone who has never been or has ever researched the east...
retread01 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Before making a fool of yourself again do some reading. You may avoid making a fool of yourself in future.
croscream Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - That was not a challenging response.
shiningIvory Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Europe no longer dominates today's culture, North America does, you'd have to be a hermit not to know that...
croscream Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Americans are Europeans. That is why they have blue eyes and nordic jaws.
pepitol88 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - what are you guys talking about guatemala is the center of the universe in todays world.....
nationalist19 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Persia was truly a great and powerful empire. built on the princible ideas of religious and minoroty tollerence. This was more modern than rome and greece combine.