Why there is no great Persian city?
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Tehran?
Can you please make video about Zoroastrianism?
Actually all the persion cuties were demolished by a very peaceful community
Isfahan, shiraz, siraf, nishapur, merv, tabriz were all great persian cities with hundreds of thousands of people
They let freely spread all religions that's the reason they got down because of islam the most se# oriented religion
No slavery
No force of believe
Best empire of history
@@Deepak_Dhakad yeah yeah you arabs have always been disputing with persians
I have a message for all those who watch this video
Persia had many great cities!!!
please don't be influenced by these lies
List of all ancient cities of Iran
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
1) Yazd
2) Bishapur
3) Anoushirvan, Iran
4). Shushtar
5). Susa (Iran)
6).Istakhr
7). Herat
8). Kerman
9). Erbil
10). Ray city
11). Gandshapur
12) Shiraz
13).Persepolis
14).Pasargad
15).Harran
16). Ctésiphon
@@faraz8135
I am from Afghanistan and my language is Persian
You are right there are many cities in Iran and Afghanistan made by Persians
@@user-en2rg5xq1e ممنون همسایه عزیز و مهربان
به امید دوستی تمامی مردم ایران و افقانستان❤️🇦🇫❤️🇮🇷
And No islam
Makes it even better
*TOP TEN FACTS ABOUT PERSIA*
• Persian is an ancient language that has been spoken for almost 3500 years. This makes it one of the *classical languages of antiquity* with unique poetry that still exist today. It has contributed numerous words to the vocabulary of the English language, like "paradise," "pyjama", "rice," "amazon," "rose," "saffron," "asparagus," "spinach," "shawl," and "pistachio."
• Persian is a member of the *Indo-European language family.* It shares fundamental characteristics in terms of both grammar and vocabulary with its relatives like Latin, English, French, and Russian. Words like "baradar" for brother, "madar" for mother, "pedar" for padre in Spanish (father), "dokhtar" for daughter, "to" for tu in French (you), "andar" for inter, "do" for dos in Spanish (two), "zamin" for zemĕ in Croatian and zdmyla in Russian (earth), and even "shahr" for "skaan" in Old Norse (city), show the strong and old ties of this language family.
This similarity in language is due to the *Yamnaya culture,* which is believed to be the precursor to the *Proto-Indo-European expansion* that originated from the steppes of Central Asia where Iranian peoples come from.
This suggests that the customs and practices of Indo-European peoples across both Europe and Asia are rooted in the Yamnaya culture.
• Iran possesses a versatile array of natural attractions. This includes *grandiose mountains, verdant forests, panoramic landscapes, sunny coastlines, and abundant natural resources,* like minerals and metals. It is known for producing an abundance of pistachios, pomegranates, berries, saffron, and turquoise. The Persian turquoise boasts unique shades of blue that sets it apart from other varieties.
The Iranian Caspian Horse belongs to the first domesticated equine species.
Iranians have a *long history of horsemanship and equestrian sports.* Persian games like Chowgan date back to ancient times. Iran is known as the birthplace of horse riding and the earliest practitioners of this art have been Iranian peoples. The influence of Persian horsemanship can be seen in many modern equestrian sports like Polo, which has gained worldwide popularity.
• Persians were trailblazers in wearing *trousers and footwear.* This distinguishes them from the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans who wore gowns and cloaks. The traditional Persian dress is specifically crafted to endure Iran's chilly weather and showcases the ancient Iranian culture's practicality and ingenuity.
• Iran's native and ancient name means *"Land of Aryans,"* and it has been in use for over 2500 years. The name "Persia" was used by Greeks to describe Iran.
• The *Persian/Iranian World* is an ancient name for a region that spans from the Plateau of Iran to the Caucasus and Central Asia. This region houses Iranian customs, languages and peoples. Persian architecture reflects ancient philosophical, mathematical, and mystical themes. The ancient shades of turquoise are revered in Persian culture and depict the link between the earth and the unknown spiritual world. The *contributions of Persian scholars and poets* like Avicena, Rhasis, Biruni, Farabi, Khwarazmi, after whom the word "algorithm" is named, Ferdowsi, Khayyam, Saadi, Hafez, and Rumi, to the fields of philosophy, literature, art, musical theory, chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, and metaphysics, have bestowed the world with a wealth of Persian knowledge and wisdom.
• Persian cuisine is known for its ancient and unique gastronomic heritage. It *blends sweet and sour flavors* together and features fragrant and fluffy rice. Saffron and pistachios are conspicuously used in Persian cuisine and impart a rare flavor. This cuisine is also notable for its sour notes, which can be overpowering to those unfamiliar with it. The Iranian palate is accustomed to this sourness and sweetness and can even enjoy the tartness of limes on their own.
• Persian decorative arts and crafts have deep historical roots. Iranian artisans are known for their skillful designs, brilliant colors, and remarkable craftsmanship. This is reflected in various mediums like carpet weaving, painting, calligraphy, pottery, and metalwork. Persian paintings are acclaimed for their precuse embellishments and lively tones. These *Persian styles have had a major impact on the world* and inspired and influenced artists and designers across different cultures and periods. Persian art has been a main source of inspiration for European artists during the Renaissance period.
• The tradition of weaving carpets was invented in ancient Persia, when Iranian nomadic peoples used simple weaves of fabric to stay warm on cold and damp grounds. Over time, this basic need evolved into a sophisticated art form that produced the visually most beautiful patterns. *Persian carpets are praised for their beauty* and have been highly valued by royality, nobility, and collectors across the ages. Persian culture holds rugs as prized possessions that carry deep sentimental and cultural meaning. Today, Persian rugs are highly prized and sought-after decorative items around the world. Iran remains the center of carpet waving with unique and ancient styles.
• Persian culture has inspired and influenced people worldwide. This includes minds like Voltaire, Montesquieu, Nietzsche, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander, who is believed to be the first admirer of Persian culture in the West.
The enduring legacy of Persian culture is evident in its profound influence on the world and attests to its magnificence and endearing qualities!
Great comment 👍🏾
I ain’t reading allat
From ancient Persian language and Zoroastrian relagion (Pardis) became Paradise in English and fardoos in semitic Arabic, (Hava) became heaven, (dev) became Devil and The concept of GOODvsBAD, (kari'mah) became karma and returning deeds, from (Par,vahar) eternal living soul after death derived from..
which after Cyrus the great freed the Jews from Babylon and Many of them stayed in Persia like prophet Daniel who later wrote the Old testament which overtime trickle down in to other semetic religions. And let's not talk about the iranian religion of Mithraism from 3000.B.C which the Roman empire adopted until Constantine who banned it but still kept the Iranian holidays which is still celebrated by Christians except New Year's Day which is the day of (equinox) for Iranians and not during winter.. despite all of this they have the nerve to deny some of these fact's..
@@mafiamoth3960ditto 😂
Susa and Ecbatana were Persian cities...
"Persians were tolerant of different cultures and religions under them. Furthermore they didn't have slavery due to their own religion of Zoroastrianism"
Greeks and Romans: "So they're the bad guys with tyrannical rule and we are the good guys"
Well, the Persians started to invade Europe so obviously they'll be seen as the bad guys by the cultures they invade, lol.
@@Komnenos83 I get that, but the thing is that the greeks and Romans went around invading other places aswell but there's this modern bias that they weren't invaders but conquerors. I'm just saying one should be consistent
@@aes1373 well yeah, you aren't considered a conqueror if you didn't conquer the place, you were just an invader...
@@Komnenos83 we did that because your ancestors started colonizing our coasts and as our king was ready to forgive your people by just demanding taxes, you guys revolted........thats enough reasons for a war.
Dont put your heads in the sand and claim innocense.
@@thr8thjuice but that still doesn't make sense in the context of the Romans for example. You don't read or aren't taught that they "invaded" Scotland, but that they "failed to conquer" it. So even when invasions are a bust they see it as failed conquest for Romans. Or their invasion of Parthia which is again told as a failed conquest
Pasargadae
Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis)
Susa
Ecbatana
Ctesiphon
Madayein
Baghdad
Isfahan
Nishapur
Ray
Terhan
Herat
All these cities and many more have a part of their glory thanks to the contribution of Persian and Iranian influence
Many great cities of the muslim world adopted the persian city building and urban planning style.
Babylon predates Persia by thousands of years and persians took influence from mesopotamian cities like babylon
@@mohamadsultan9328 Yes, Indeed
Babylon is one of the oldest great cities.
And there is no doubt that persian civilization was influenced by Mesopotamian and other middle eastern civilizations. And vice versa.
@الأزدي Baghdad is also one of the most significant cultural centre of Arab and Islamic civilization and one of the greatest cities of the world !
It was built on a site selected personally by Abbasid Calpih Al Mansur in the proximity of the site of 'Seleucia-Ctesiphon' ...the region previously had significant persian, greek and ancient babylonian, Mesopotamian influence
yeah no, Baghdad wasn’t around during Persian Empire
@Gilgamesh King Babylon was the capital for the Achaemenid Empire (first Persian Empire) and briefly the Macedonian Empire until Alexander died in it
Please don't use 300 movie clips to represent us it's just abusing thank you
NO PRISONERS!!!! NO MERCY!!!!
GIVE THEM NOTHING! BUT TAKE FROM THEM , EVERYTHING!
Abusing?
@@silencemeviolateme6076 yes
@@antonynuah7861 all these gay spartans died at the end
The first man in history to write human rights, and also the first king to make it law , was Cyrus the Great , founder of Persian empire.
🇮🇷❤️
I doubt it.
Persian torture techniques was well known here in west.
They was known for their ability to put a tree up the ass of a prisoner avoiding vital organs in order to keep him alive for days before died in agony.
There was another torture that needed two barrels in which a prisoner was trapped. Head out of the barrel, his palpebras was cut off, and then feeded for days or week.
Prisoner continued to eat and shit inside the barrel allowing worms to grow and eat his own flesh. While the permanent open eyes deprived him from sleep and made him mad.
"Human rights" you said?
@@danielefabbro822 I am curious to see your references. Share them please!
@@Persian-Odyssey7 now? I have to go search in the books. It will take hours to retrieve all those parts.
Are you really in need of it?
@@danielefabbro822 well we was still better than you and still every bad person needs a punishment
Ctesiphon/Tesifon, which was capital of two empires comes to mind.
The Great Parthians and The Sasanian Empire
Pasargadae
I thought the same
@@montecarlostar Yup, this channel does little to no research it seems. Its almost like the channel tries to sound smart, and let us viewers do the research for them...
I have a message for all those who watch this video
Persia had many great cities!!!
please don't be influenced by these lies
List of all ancient cities of Iran
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
1) Yazd
2) Bishapur
3) Anoushirvan, Iran
4). Shushtar
5). Susa (Iran)
6).Istakhr
7). Herat
8). Kerman
9). Erbil
10). Ray city
11). Gandshapur
12) Shiraz
13).Persepolis
14).Pasargad
15).Harran
16). Ctésiphon
17). Seleucia and other…..
“Allowing religion and culture to operate freely” that's the key to the peace in the world
All modern day nations must follow this style of governing including modern day persia Iran
It worked because they didn't try to mix them together. The allowed each state with its own culture and beliefs. Leaving it be.
Sadly, many people in the US and are growing number of people in the West can no longer Tolerate people with "heretical" beliefs.
Wrong ALL religions are Fake.
@@silverhawkscape2677
There isn't any evidence they actively segragated different cultures and peoples (though, given their long history, there are definitwly exceptions). Quite the contrary. They are often considered one of Ancient World's biggest spreaders of culture. They were instrumental and the creation of the Silk road, and with, they encouraged cultural and religious exchange both from inside and outside their Empire.
No jokes, civil rights in Achaemenid Empire were way better than in modern Iran. In fact, Cyrus the Great invented civil rights.
@@silverhawkscape2677 it worked because they did indeed mix cultures together, different cultures exchanged each other's traditions that lead to a great cultural improvement throughout the Middle East.
Samarkand, Bukhara, Herat are still great cities of Persianate civilization.
Samarkand really? Indians were ruling Samarkand since vedic age and made it prosperous until Islamic invaders destroyed them
@@Arya01201 Samarkand was Develop by the Abbasids 😂
@@Arya01201 Islamic Invaders Lol Why These Islamophobes are too Goofy
Abbasid Develop the Samarkand
@@CelestiCore 😂 it was more glorious and rich when india was ruling Samarkand before Islam
@@Arya01201Spain also says same but almost 100% mosque they converted to churches
As an Iranian who’s from Shiraz (city near Persepolis) I’ve been there so many times it’s a great site to see
اه کاکا تو هم مله شیرازی؟ منم مله شیرازم
Saeid ezatolahi ❤
Alexander spanked the Persians
Bruh@@DeezzzzzzNuts12
Baghdad was built by the Persian’s and the word itself is Persian meaning peace
Was it ?
it wasn't built by anyone, it was developed by the abbasids
Not true Baghdad started as a market town in strategic position between rivers but I do believe it wasn't during the Persian era
@@MuhammadAli-cv3ni yes , today iraqis are mostly Persians , especially near Baghdad
@@spongeboblover7052 another government which was greatly influenced by Persians , not to mention that most of it military commanders and rulers were Persian
I like Persia
I like roman empire
i like the islamic caliphate
you really thought i was for real Roman empire is better
@@thedarkking32 same
And we like u
😃♥️
Persia had the great city and capital of Ctesiphon as well with an iconic arched gate that is still there today.
Taj Kesra if anyone is interested in it
If only Muslims were tolerant of other people's relegions as well
ok, "moe lester"
@@Glitter_H_Hoof Muslims spread their relegion by war and conquest and juzya taxed non Muslims after invading their lands
They Relatively Do
they cant be. Mohammed was a warlord. a merciless war booty expert who bought and sold war slaves of both genders. he dicated the Koran that set his ideas in writing permanently.
@علي همام Ω no the jizya tax only goes for jews and Christians. pagans and zoroastrians and others were percucted. and the jizya tax is almost same as stealing. Muslims invade a land and take money from the local inhabitants. messed up
I love Cyrus the Great and Achaemenians empire 🥰🥰🇮🇷🇮🇷
Ur king is dead and ur Empire was destroyed by Romans , taimur,arab ,mongol.
Say thanks to arab that they built it again and instead of stone carved status and fire play u have beautiful mosque,shrine, Bazaars and all.arab ,turks,pathans contributed more in Iran then Iran contributed in itself
@@IrfanKhan-dt7ckyou are an indian muslim and your ancestors were forcefully converted by barbaric invaders ...have some decency and respect for your ancestors just like persians do . Stop praising those who destroyed your own identity and your own homeland.
@@stardust2270 and u too converted us from Buddhists to hindu.
@koorosh2956your name is good
@koorosh2956 we in North Africa are trying to get rid of "Arab" regimes
I love Persia!
@Realm Infinitium ik
where are you from bro?
Allowing Islam to go around turned out to be a fatal mistake.
Cope harder dalit .
Yeah preislamic persian their invention and poetry 👌 😂😂😂😂 oh wait non existent.
So you're going to ignore Ctesiphon, Baghdad, and Isfahan??? Very Western centric
Baghdad was founded in 762 by Arab Muslims. Not Persians.
@@helloimskip Baghdad is literally a Persian name means god given land.
@@helloimskip the word it self is literally persian big man
*Eurocentric, it's said Eurocentric. 😎😌👌
@@sina1216 just because it has a persian name,doesn’t make it persian.
Most persian cities were destroyed by romes invasion
And arab and mongols
@@szymonpinkowski256 and the other 4728284737 civilizations that had wars there
@@szymonpinkowski256 at least the arabs after that rebuild Iran with the Abbasid Era
Unlike the mangols and Timur who destroyed 90% of Persia !!
@@12gmkk29 Arabs didn't rebuild.
Most of Abbasid's courtiers were persian they are those who rebuild Iran
Not true
Most of them were destroyed by mongols or arabs
I was there in persepolis and it was amazing
Wtf are you talking about? Next you're going to say the Spartans treated their slaves nicely...
Oh wait, you already did!
TH-cam "history" channels in a nutshell
How about spartans actually betrayed the athens and teamed up with persia 100 years after leonidas death?
@@maosama3695 de fök
@@Meysam_play yeah spartans didn't really acknowledge they are greeks. In fact most of their slaves were greeks.
@@maosama3695 yes sir 🗿
I don't like who you used the scene from 300 because it did not represent Persians accurately nor the history.
Thats right
No shit, it's not MEANT to be accurate.
300 is a filmic depcition of a COMIC BOOK of the same name.
The goals of both was not to portray historical accuracy, but rather Historical Dramaticsim.
300 is the way it is for the Dramatic theatrics. Hell thats quite literally the one and ONLY reason hardly anyone wears ACTUAL armor in the film, Greek OR Persian.
Because they wanted dramatic and "cool" imagery.
It was NEVER so much as intended to be historical. Just badass.
ctesiphon, isfahan, ecbatana, ray, bishapur, istakhr, kerman, nishapur and veh ardashir : are we joke to you??
(ctesiphon and isfahan and nishapur and ray each were the largest city in the world at some point in history)
I have a message for all those who watch this video
Persia had many great cities!!!
please don't be influenced by these lies
List of all ancient cities of Iran
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
1) Yazd
2) Bishapur
3) Anoushirvan, Iran
4). Shushtar
5). Susa (Iran)
6).Istakhr
7). Herat
8). Kerman
9). Erbil
10). Ray city
11). Gandshapur
12) Shiraz
13).Persepolis
14).Pasargad
15).Harran
16). Ctésiphon
17). Seleucia and other…..
Would vary much like to learn more about Persia! We're often only taught the bad & there is obviously a lot of good.
One of the best examples would be Cyrus the Great. I believe he is celebrated by Judaism for freeing the ancient Jews from slavery.
@@unifieddynasty thanks! I'll look that up 🙂
You are very wise wanting to learn new stuff!
The bad? What bad are you taught?
@@silencemeviolateme6076 are you trolling? The "big, bad Persian empire" is a staple of Western history garbage.
Persian empires are such amazing civilizations
Nope just culture indeed the collapse of the east is because of them and savagery babylon is gone and egypt west started to rise in greece. Then the east again rises with islamic empire and then collapsed mongol invasion ,turks took over . Look at them iraq syria yemen gaza lebanon they are behind every trouble they have have been savage and uncivilized since their existence . All their empire are military nothing else. They invented nothing .
Meanwhile the spartans trained all day for war that they had to have slaves for farming, carpentry, and masonery.
And?
@@wankawanka3053 and my point is sparta's only objective was was, so much so slaves had to be used for farming and construction
And had little boys to relieve their sexual frustrations. Man-Boy love was a common practice in Sparta.
@@AsianAmerican2007 Thebs
Sounds based
Don’t forget Pasargadae, which was the capital of Persia before the empire and remained an important city during Cyrus’s Age.
هرکی ایرانیه لایک کنه❤
What is your claim based on? The Persians had many large and important IRANIAN cities in their empire, many of which were among the most advanced cities of their time. Herodotus mentioned Ecbatana, or today's Hamadan, in his book and said: Deioces built a city equal in size to Athens, and its beauty was so renowned. The capital of the Medes had seven walls; each wall had the different color. It was as if from the heavens,
The first wall was white,
The second wall was black,
The third was purple,
The fourth was blue,
The fifth was orange,
The internal walls were silver and gold.
📚📚 More complete information about the rich city of Ecbatana for the curious, taken from Herodotus' quote and following by: Polybus years later rewritten in the book of : "the Persians seen by the Greeks under the direction of Dominique lanfant", french version : "Les Perses vus par les Grecs"
👇🏻👇🏻
-Historian section of: POLYBUS
OF MEGALOPOLIS, From pages 332 to 337
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Book X [book in fragmentary state, events of the year 210-208]
- 27: this chapter offers a new digression on Media [at the time when Antiochos settles there to reestablish his authority in the region against the Parthian invader] and a description of Ecbatana, the most precise that has reached up to We. As in V.44, the source could be Callisthenes,or an eyewitness who participated in the Antiochus expedition [cf. PÉDECH 1964, p. 568-570, WALBANK, 1967, Commentary, vol. II, p. 232].
1-2: repetition of the information already given in V,44 on the remarkable surface area of Media, on the quality of its men, its horses and its pastures; reminder of the fact that the Medes were in charge of the royal stud farms.
4-6: geographical location of Ecbatana, its opulence; it is devoid of ramparts [against Herodotus, I, 98], but has a citadel. 7-11: the fabulous royal palace. Circumference of seven furlongs; magnificence buildings: cedar and cypress frames, beams, ceilings and columns plated with silver or gold; silver tiles; all precious metals snatched during the invasion of Alexander, then under Antigone and Seleucus.
12-13: the temple of Ainè [Anahita]. It still had columns covered with gold, silver tiles and a few bricks of gold or silver under Antiochos III, which allowed him to mint four thousand talents.
Persians built cities but they were largely nomads up until the end of the Sassanid Persian era.
Wrong Persians never had nomadic gypsy groups.. which Persian Iranian, Aryan lineage and civilization goes back to Tall-i-bakun and Tall-i jaleyan Aryan civilizations from 5400B.C in Pars province of Iran. and contrary to what Anglo saxx are spreading about Aryan identity and civilization, Through the Iranian sythian group the Aryan identity and culture eventually spread through Slavic and Nordic regions of Europe, NOT the other way around.. Same with mohanjo daro civilization from 2400B.C located between Afghanistan and Pakistan regions which is the oldest Aryan civilization around India who's Indus valley civilization started to mature during 2500.B.C
@@O.G-user huh? All groups were originally nomads and Persians were nomadic largely
@@Techtalk2030nomadic time ended 2600 years ago
Sasanid empire ended 1400 years 1200 of civilization
@O.G-user what did you invented before islamization.
The fact that you used 300 footage is just hilarious
I am an Iranian. When I saw the movie 300, I just realized that Iran is a desert country and has no forest. Xerxes is black. I am grateful to the director of the movie for making this movie without making fun of Iranian civilization.
They also made Xerxes gay, which is even more crazy.
I think you are sick!
The movie 300 is the destruction of Iran and Iranians.
As a 400-year-old government, the Parthian government is the best after the Achaemenid government.
If you don't know about Iran's history, it's better not to talk!!!
when your government was more liberal 2500 years ago :/
It's actually 6900 years ago
@@editedbyario how ?
@@Vince_ExE persia empire founded by cyrus the great 6900 years ago , he's the first person in the world who talk about human rights , persia ( its iran now ) its the oldest country ever but if you search in Google Egypt is number 1 and that's just don't make sense
@@editedbyario persia is no 6000 yearsis 3000 years
@@Vince_ExE idk men maybe I'm wrong 🤔
Iam a persian and I proud for that. We respect all humankind ❤
Persepolis was built in the assyrian Mesopotamien style, that's why achaemenid architecture was very familiar to the older assyrian statues and architecture.
We were close allies back in the day
@@perozparsa5561
I'm not very sure about that.
@@alomaralsulaiman6501 you should be.....as persepolis was build by you sumer. Bagh dad was built by us in its beginning stages.
Bagh - god, Dad - gave
God given
@@perozparsa5561 it was built by Caliph Al-Mansur, an Arab under the Abbassid Caliphate.
@@sheikmutanabi3003 it was a village back then during sassanian empire, but he caliphate made it grow into a city, and Baghdad is legit a farsi name , bagh-(garden) dad-(God given)
Persepolis was the most magnificent and richest city of its time
But no one puts it in the list of the best ancient cities🤔
Also, Catspon,Catspon is even more magnificent than Persepolis and Constantinople
Maybe even Rome
Persepolis was destroyed so long ago we know little about it. If it had survived it may have been a world wonder.
They had a Prince that ventured through puzzling mazes and fought off evil bedouin men.
What? Susa was literally in the Persian proper.
It was part of Elam before we Persians arrived from northern parts of the Zagros mountains. All Aryan tribes came from either west of the caspian sea through the caucasus or east of the caspian sea through what is known today as turkmenistan. There were already many small persian or median kingdoms in all of the Iranian Plateau before the Persians went and took Elam over. After the Medians went into an all out war with the Assyrians a group of powerful and influencal Persians migrated southward and took over Elam and made ancient Anshan that was weakened by Assyrians into a persian capital. So Susa was never rly persian in the first place. We take pride in our diversity in cultures.
Thank you so much
We needed someone to tell us about persia in english❤
This is wrong, look at the Sassanids, they were Persians aswell, they built like hundreds of cities during their empire
Better to say Iranian instead of Persian, brother
@@ramtin5152 ساسانیان هم از پارس ها بودن. عملا درست به کار برد
When I hear Babylon
- Old prince of Persia memories kicks in
😂😂😂😂 Babylon above all
Persians had a hands off policy about a lot of things because they acknowledged their beginnings in Fars, Iran. They didn't expect everyone to conform to their cultural and linguistic practices all the time, as long as they paid their taxes.
Persians did not call themselves Persians and they did not call it Persepolis.
Alexander burned Persepolis to the ground because he was a sore loser. Also India is far away, the summer and rains are brutal, and men get tired of such reckless ambition.
Lastly, Persepolis - that is Takht e Jamshid was a proper city before it got burned down. It was a center for trade and commerce not to mention governance.
Alexander won, the persians were recorded by everyone surrounding them as a society steeped in arrogance. Infact funnily enough and contrary to some modern persians. When islam came to persia maybe persian turned coats and joined the muslim side against the persian king whom they viewed as a cruel extortant tyrant. Their hands off approach wasnt due to tolerance they just put it below them to meddle in the affairs of "barbarians" hisyory recorded this pretty well. They were himbled later on tho
@@nauroa6918 Alexander "won" by losing the empire after he died 🤡 save the lesson of humility for yourself, fanboy.
@@nauroa6918 where are you from? I bet my left kidney your country has been conquered more in history that the persians
@@anakinskywalker9765 not rlly it hasnt, but i do know that my country didnt get wiped out by the mongols but actually managed to defeat them. So there thats. Other than that the doscussion is about persia which like i said alexander left a legacy but daruis was killed by his own court
@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 ur name sounds indian, are u hindu by any chance 💀
The persians shown in movies like 300 are incredibly hilarious and false
Persians, the world's first rulers who were really just fancy administrators instead of despots
Okay who was fighting the Mongol, Greek, Roman and African Askum empire who was trying to enter western Asia including Arabian peninsula for thousands of years?? Which they finally did 150 years after Arabs took power.. which they became part of Mongolian and Turkik empires until 100 years ago.. while iranians were fighting and defeating Mongolian's since 2550 years ago..
Didnt yall hear the story of hashack, meshack and abendago? They didnt let them do their religion
That was Babylon.
Iranians are such peaceful and kindhearted humans. It even led to their loss and doom because of their excessive forgiving nature.
One day, people will look back and say, "How come America never had great cities? What ever happened to the u.s. empire?
They won't.
Because Cities like New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles or Washington DC WILL be remembered after a thousand years.
Tell me, how long do you think the memory of, say, frickin TUCSON Arizona, would last by comparison?
Guardians of culture and civilizations, admired, feared and contested by all.
the sands of time were relentless and yet we stand always remembering what was and can be.
unchanged but thirsty to reach the long yearned and promised oasis in this desert stretching out as vast as the sea.......my people.
Long live the iranic people, may peace and glory be upon us.
The tomb of Xerxes and Darius the Great is located 12 km from Persepolis in a place called Naghse Rostam.
It is strange that Alexander and Seleucia ruled this region for more than a century, but these tombs are still intact.
They probably didn't know about it, since Alexander destroyed Persepolis. The Seleucids also couldn't do much, because they were Greek and doing anything to destroy Persian monuments would anger their Persian Satrapes.
If Alexander wanted to destroy Persepolis
He destroyed inscriptions and stone reliefs of Darius and Xerxes in Persepolis.
There are also documents that show that Persepolis was used in the Sassanid dynasty.@@zack2804
@zack2804 which did in the end
@@zack2804
Alexander destroyed Persepolis
While there are still stone inscriptions of Xerxes in Persepolis.
Also, the tombs of the two Achaemenid kings are located in Persepolis and they were not destroyed.
Ctesiphon: am I a joke to you?
I'm From Iran and thanks for making video about my country 🤩
Islam ruined it
@@Animodeus Iran did fine under an Islamic orientation.
@@Animodeus 😞👍🏻
@@AsiaMinor12you are from Iran ?
This always happens to tolerating cultures only.
Iranians are strong right now. Iranians are beautiful people and I know several Iranians💕😁
From ancient Samarkand human civilization had started and spread around the world. The continents names are Persian, Old Greek, Old China and Ancient Egypt names are Persian
My dad is from Tehran, grandfather is from Tabriz. My dad has been to all historical sights in Iran and has told me of how amazing and rich it all is. I can only wish to have had this privilege. He’s even been to the big beautiful churches. It’s a shame what the country has become.
Are you Armenian?
@@kiagreendude yes
@@Cinnogirlsame here but weird case my grandma is from Egypt but Zoroastrian they left iran come Egypt now india what a shame
@@Mahiii778 i have also met zoroastrian Persians whose family’s have left Iran because of the regime. So sad. Nobody deserves such harsh treatment. I will say, however, Jesus Christ is God and salvation is not through any other way except Him. God bless you and your family bro❤️
@@Mahiii778 zoroastrians are incredibly kind people from my experience though
Lol, now I know Persepolis not only a football team but also a city.
Babylon isn't Persian it's mesopotamian
You don't know history. Read.
Most humanitarian empires that lived ❤️👍🏼
LOVE this historical info…. THANKS A BUNCH…!! 😃👍🏼👣
Thank you bro
In this Era that Persian government is destroying the people this video will surely give them hope for life (I'm a Persian that had tried suicide and this videos are the only thing that make me still have hope for life
SUSa, Persia?
don't ask questions
We Persians Read it Shush
شوش capital of Elam civilization
The first city and capital of Iran susa(shosh)
The great city and capital of the elamite empire for more than 2000 years and later the first capital of Persian empire and a great city
Sounds like what the Mongols did as well
Except they destroyed them all and let them be free then!
I don't know about other places but apart from their destructions, the mongols were pretty much tolerant in iran in terms of religion. This might have led to growth of shiite religion iran which eventually changed the political scene in the middle east and its fate forever.
@@walldrama3881that's wrong Mongols were Sunni they accepted Islam they didn't tolerate it
And destruction was massive all libraries became ashes
Persepolis was originally known as Purushapura or parshavapur which means city of parshav clan, an ancient Vedic Indian clan which was exiled from Indian mainland after the battle of 10 kings. It's the west which named it Persepolis mainly after Alaxander, the great narcissist destroyed the city in 330 BC.
No, purushapura is region in pakistan, formely part of india, It is not even close to persepolis. Persepolis are defeated by the Magnificent Alexander the Great.
Bollywood history at its finest
Damn bro, did you graduate at the almighty and world famous Facebook University?
Bro I am Indian you are confusing Purushapura to persapolis,both were different city, Purushapura was morden day city of Peshawar
'Purushapura' was the name of peshawar in antiquity. It served as the capital of the great yuezhi's 'The Kushanas' and was the major city of Gandhara region or mahajanapada established as long back as 6th century BC (Making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Sub-Continent and perhaps the oldest in what is now Pakistan). It later fell to the Greeks, Kushanas, Hepthalites (Sveta Huna) and other Huns and was a major center of Buddhism as well as Hindu art and culture. It is also the site of 'Great Kanishka Stupa' a notable monument of its time. Its strategic location enroute to the silk route and proximity to the Khyber Pass ensured its status as a major trade center untill modern era.
Modern Peshawar is a major Pashtun city and capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Amazing ❤❤❤
We Persians are pan Arabs 🇮🇷 I am Iranians and I am pure 100% Arab by dna we Persians are really proud Semites
@SeyedAmir82k no I am an actual Iranian a Iranian who is Arab and Muslim 🇮🇷
What about Ctesiphon?
Persians leave ctesiphon during muslim invasion, when muslim arrive the city already abandoned
@@ulqiorracifer8026 wtf does that supposed to mean Arabs build Ctesiphon? Fucking LOL
@@ulqiorracifer8026 nope that not true
Persian: (being tolerant to all religions)
Westerners: anyway....
Thats why we fell.....too many cooks ruin the broth, we shouldve been harder and stricter
Man its such a shame. The stark diffrence between persia then and persia now all cuz of some sand dweller
Empires rise and fall, that's the nature of civilisations. The reason why Iran is the way it is now is due to imperialism, both from Britain and America. The CIA backed a coup of the democratically elected government to reinstate a monarch. People eventually responded to this by revolting and due to being sick of having the West meddle in their affairs the main sect of the revolution (there were others such as leftists and socialists) was Islamic revivalists who based their identity on an opposition to Western values of tolerance and secularism and so Iran became a theocracy.
@@goaway3506 yea i read an article where the man who tore down the statue of saddam hussain sed how sorry he was and how he wanted saddam back. even tho saddam killed most of his family
also i was not talking about any one civilisation but islam as a whole. cuz there were many civilisations that were zoroastrian like sasinids parthians and acemanids and living in them dident totally sucked for the people who were not zoroastrian. cant say the same thing about most muslim countries today....
Someone hasn't heard of the Islamic Golden Age lol. The Persian Empire was only stable and prosperous in earliest years, after which, there was assassination after assassination attempt to retain the throne.
@@ibrahimsiali2419 dident u just disprove ur own claim ?
like u sed the golden age was just that. an age and it wasent like everything was hunkey dory at that time as well. even the order of the hashashin was made during that time. also what i meant to say was the persian civilisation were a lot better before islam like cyris the great and his empire who dident even use slaves. meanwhile muslims had a lot of slaves and sex slavery and its even talked about in quran and how its ok to do which is quite disgusting
@@satanwithinternet2753 Traditional Islamic law allows sex only within boundaries that allots provisions to any offspring that may result. For example, for free Muslims and Non-Muslims, marriage is the only way.
You confuse sexual intercourse with slaves to rape of slaves. Nowhere is rape condoned. And there are many events in various Hadith collections that show a slave being upset at something his/her master did, and the Prophet Muhammad either punishing or rebuking the master for doing so and so.
In short, there is no precedent for rape in Islam, regardless of the situation.
Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan, and much later Tehran we’re all major cities. Not to mention major trading cities like Hormuz and Herat
Samarkand used to be persian city till Soviet union.
Arabs didn’t do anything in Persia. My dna is witness. I as a kid born in Tehran have less then 1% Arabic dna.
In fact I have 7.5% in common with Irish and Scottish.
Lol what a historical statement
@@shapur_II who cares about what histories are being told. when your own dna proves time.
@@Jolandeh Most of chinese people don't have japanese dna, so I guess japanese didn't commit any crimes in China with your logic
Dna test are not 100 percent right also that Irish dna may have come from white slaves Arabs used to have in the beginning of islam of intercourse
@@Jolandeh it's like saying British did nothing bad to India because I does not have any British DNA 😂😂
Israel did nothing wrong with Palestinian because Palestinians does not have Israel DNA 😂😂.
What a weird way to say Persepolis. I only ever heard it pronounced Per-Sep-pull-lis & not Persi-polis.
In farsi we call it pers_polis
@@Deepak_Dhakad I don't think Persians are a people. Besides that, Pharsi is an indo-European language, probably having many words of that time in common with Greek and lastly the Iranian culture was heavily influenced by the Greeks both before, but certainly after Alexander destroyed their Empire and built his own. So it is quite logical they would call their city the same as the Greeks did.
@@Deepak_Dhakad not? There were many Greek mercenaries/auxiliaries part of the Persian army, many Greek colonies were part of the empire and Greece has for centuries been one of the most important entities in the region if it came to trade. Science and philosophy were also on the rise in the Greek citystates. And then the Greek-Persian wars started, making eachother their biggest enemies. You don't think that influenced the Iranian cultures of that time much?
But I digress. I don't wanna discuss that much on such a bad video, adding a lot the algorithm of this vid popping up in others' youtube.
YOU always say that Roman's and Greek was powerful and great and they have the best technology but for Persian s , naaaah they was nothing
“Good words good thoughts good deeds”
Most of cities were either destroyed or turned to ashes by several invasions through the history , you can't expect everything to survive when you have been atleast 5 times entirely conquered and ruined by other empires ...
There were plenty of great cities within the Persian empire as well as within Iran proper across several eras and dynasties. Do not mask your laziness and general disinterest in Iranian Studies with this nonsense.
Susa the great holy city fell to savages
Maaan why did you have to use a scene in 300. Makes the Persians the antagonists 🙄
Thank you for not denying the truth.
As an Indian we really love persian here in India many persion we called them parsi contribute to India
Persepolis was a great city until a mongrel by the name of Alexander came 😒
A mongrol by the name of alexander that gounded multiple great cities on egypt and the hindu kush, but only destroyed the persian ones to avenge the blood of his greek brothers spilt by xerses a centiry earlier
Man I like Alexander, but this is so funny because of what other meaning mongol has in Persian.
What are you talking about? Mongol? Alexander liberated all civilizations under Persian occupation. What kind of Iranian nationalism is this?
@@megasaIexandros My Greek bro, we love Alexander. Also Alexander didn't liberate, did he liberate Perspolis by burning it? Iranian hate the Arab and Mongol invasion but Alexander was different. Parthians even used Greek for example on their coins, Alexander is a Saint in comparison to Timur, Genghis and Arabs
@@megasaIexandros he liberated civilizations? Pffffffffft he destroyed the Greek city of Thebes because they wouldn’t surrender in fact he did that with an city that DIDNT surrender to him.
And honestly do people not read clearly anymore? I said MONGREL! Not mongol two different words and different meanings.
Third there’s no Iranian nationalism just someone stating the facts Alexander wasn’t all that great 💁🏽♀️
Islamic invasion from Arabia is the main reason. Remaining Zoroastrians ( parsis / Persians ) still exists, they mostly live in India and some in Iran. Other either died or converted. Same was the fate of their culture and cities.
Zoroaster still exist in Iran.
I wonder if Persians ever have that same mentality of victimization when they entered the Iranian plateau and made all the previous cultures there extinct.
Arabian dna 1% , Scottish dna 37%
N’yea you didn’t answer the question 😐
Yes he did, wtf
They weren't considered "Persian" because they were basically free city states
@@calebguffey4322 riiiiiight. The Persian empire didn’t exist. The land historically known as Persia wasn’t really there 🤔
@@saltygrunt6740 What the hell are you on about?
@@saltygrunt6740 What are you on about?? Look.. it's like Rome, Rome conquered Greece, but Greece had those cities already. Rome was pretty lenient, like Persia, and so those Greek city-states would have been relatively free. So those weren't Roman cities.
Persia worked similarly, but unlike Rome (who did build many cities/fortresses), the Persian empire didn't build major cities.
That's what I got from the video anyhow
@@calebguffey4322 derp. It doesn’t say WHY they didn’t build them. Being an open society and major crossroad isn’t an explanation. Defining the composition of their govt system doesn’t explain WHY they didn’t build lasting cities. Try and keep up with the rest of the class…
Thank you for this incredible content
Persian cities are still historic
You should visit Iran.
Their kings move around every half a year to a summer or winter capital, as was said by Herodotus. Hence they only need to use an already founded city.
Some of the cities they built, survived until this day but are known by different names now
The pre islamic Iranian empires actually did build great cities such as Ecbatana Pasargadae, Cyropolis, Persepolis, Spahan, Merv, Ctesiphon, Neyshapur, Gor, Bishapur, Estakhr and probably Quim/Hecatompylos and maybe even more but most were destroyed by mongols, greeks and probably Timurids and arabs or simply by natural causes
Quim, for example, was destroyed by an earthquake
Btw it's Iranians not Persians
Before Islam Persia was a great place... But now
Perisan isn't good place arab Claim that this people have stolen lands before comment You A@@ f##k
Because of petty wars and primitive religions that are still in control to this day.
Islam didn't exist during Persia's prime.
@@williamjordan5554 he mean zoroastrianism
islam is progressive. islamic views on zoroastrianism is pretty good.
@@user-in1yw9ty5t lol
@@user-in1yw9ty5t my ass pisslam is gay y'all genocided the persian folks
old persians honestly had the best culture and best history .
Very interesting
Thumbnail: *religions*
Obsessed toxic atheists: it's free real estate
Militant atheists doing exactly what they criticize intolerant religious hardliners for.
And then Islam came 😊😊
And we conquered them because we were mighty when united
@@user-hc2vk2ic3u naah look at Iran now..
@@rajeshkoothrapalli1799 muslims all around the world are not united anymore, this is because of our sins. when the muslims are obeying Allah under khilafa, we are mighty. when we divide and dont have bara' towards the mushrikeen, we are weak.
@@user-hc2vk2ic3u that doesn't make Islam better..you still need science and technology for which you need to go to university rather than a PhD in islamic studies
@@user-hc2vk2ic3u lmao you weren't that much powerful 😂 Rome and persia were super weak because of wars. You literally backstabbed them what are you talking about?
The passage I placed at the beginning goes back to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Not Persia 😂😂😂🇮🇶🔥💔
Most cities were not built by them, they occupied cities of Mesopotamia and based their architecture on Mesopotamian design
The Persians had many cities, but they were destroyed by the Romans and Arabs. For example, the city of Firozabad - Persepolis - Pasargad - Ekbatan - spadana - Susa
Iran has many cities of significance among them Hamadan which has a 5000 year history where Abu Sina famous scientist is buried and Isfahan which was so huge it was called 1/2 of the world !
You are a decent Roman fan if I said something in comment I didn't mean you and true Romans like you
Love from Iran❤️
Persia became Iran. Just one community got majority and forgotten the legacy.
Thank's