Persia and the Persian Empires
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Persia and the Persian Empires
Persia was the scene of a series of three empires that lasted for almost a thousand years:
-- the Achaemenid Dynsasty (559-331 BC): ruled by Cyrus the Great, the first "King of Kings", and Darius the Great who founded the magnificent city of Persepolis, and and Xerxes I (who completed Persepolis)
-- the Parthian Dynsasty (239-227 BC): this dynasty arose after about a hundred years of Greek rule
-- the Sassanian Dynasty (227-652 AD), renowned for its warrior kings and its wonderful art.
Two important important religious prophets came from Persia, Zoraster and Mani. Zoraster (c. 620-551) taught that life was an eternal stuggle between good and evil. He founded the religion of Zorastrianism, which became the state religion for many hundreds of years.
Engineering an Empire - The Persians (Part 1 of 5)
The Influence of the Persian King, Cyrus the Great
"The figure of Cyrus has survived throughout history as more than a great man who founded an empire. He became the epitome of the great qualities expected of a ruler in antiquity, and he assumed heroic features as a conqueror who was tolerant and magnanimous as well as brave and daring. His personality as seen by the Greeks influenced them and Alexander the Great, and, as the tradition was transmitted by the Romans, may be considered to influence our thinking even now."
-- Richard Nelson Frye
Books on Persia
Statue of a Mastiff from ancient city of Persepolis
Amazing Persian Poety!
"A book of Verses underneath the Bough, / A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou / Beside me singing in the Wilderness-- / Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"
-- Omar Khayyam
More Great Persian Poets
- Hafiz
- "A truce to your volumes, your studies, give o'er: for books cannot teach you love's marvelous lore"
- Rumi
- "This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
- Sa'di
- "If, of thy mortal goods, thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one and from the dole, Buy Hyacinths to feed the soul"
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