Persian

Persians spoke modern persian language. Achaemenid empire is the first Persian Empire. They go as far as athens, egypt & libya. The origin of the Persians people trace to the Ancient Iranian people, who were part of the ancient indo Iranians. The origin of the empire people can be show the the leadership they consisted. A people called the Medes controlled the land that connects east and west asia. Small persian kingdoms were in this land.Around 550 b.c Cyrus the Great, a Persian king, took…

I identify myself as a white, Persian-American, spiritual, healthy, and heterosexual woman. In Persian culture, the majority of people left Iran for the United States following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. My family stayed. In my own country I lived a very comfortable life. My family belonged to a higher socioeconomic…

Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Persian Empire. He allowed his people to keep doing their traditions which made his people loyal to him. When he died in 529 BC, Cyrus had already ruled the largest empire in the world. He had a son named Cambyses.When Cyrus died Persia rebelled and did not have an obvious leader. A man named Darius defeated all his rivals and became the next king. He called himself "King of kings", because he was very powerful. He organized the empire into twenty provinces…

Jacob Andrews 09/21/16 3rd Persian War The persians and their king Darius wanted to conquer greece more than ever. Persia wanted more and more land. Also, the greeks helped the ionians to revolt against the persians, and had marched to Sardis and burned the city. The Battle of Marathon was a major battle in the first war between the Greek city and the Persian Empire. It was a major victory for the Greeks, and some historians argue that it is one of the most important battles in the history…

The Greco-Persian wars were a big thing. Seriously. We all think that the Greeks were so great, but really the Persians had a bigger navy, a bigger army, and a less non-existent air force. So in other words, the Persians were pretty much superior numbers-wise. Greeks only had heavy infantry, whereas the Persians had heavy infantry, light infantry, cavalry, (It was a big thing at the time) and archers. The Greeks had this giant decorative helmet for scaring the other side off, that a blacksmith…

legacy as he successfully integrates Greek culture within Persia. To assimilate Greek and Persian life was a highly difficult task that Alexander took on head first in order to ensure the security of his post conquest of Persia. Many methods were constructed to implement the Greek culture such as his belief that fusion and cooperation achieved through good will, rather than using force among the Persians to adopt the culture. Alexander issued instruction to have roughly 30,000 children to…

attention has been devoted to Persian squirrels, a wild species indigenous to Iran. Obviously, they are vital for wildlife conservation. The Persian squirrel (Sciurusanomalus) is the only famous species of the family Sciuridae in the Middle East. This species spreads from Greece through Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria in coniferous as well as temperate mixed forests (Harrison and Bates, 1991). As was mentioned, Persian squirrels are a wild…

The Persian Empire was undoubtedly the most powerful empire during its time, and also one of the most powerful empires in history. Even though Cyrus had founded this vast empire, Darius I was the most significant ruler of its history. Darius I came into rule in (approximately) 522 BC. He continued to rule the Persian Empire for nearly 40 years, and established many different ideas that no other leader had thought of. The wide range of innovations and policies created and established by…

part of the area belonged to the kingdom of Jordan – is the broken table-land round Jerusalem, roughly corresponding with the territory known in Roman times as Judaea” (Grant, 1973). Alexander passed through modern day Jordan after he overtook the Persian empire he stumbled upon the Jews. It was mentioned, “As Alexander passed through Palestine on his way to annex Egypt, there were stories of his kind treatment…

The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars were in the development of what came to be called the west, it becomes clearer that these two wars as well as the 50 years in between were essential to the "west." was due to the fact that ancient greece is the base of western civilization. The peloponnesian war was the downfall of greece. Thucydides the historian states that that the beginning started when all greeks joined to fight the persian invasion. Everything was great until one of the greek nation known…