“”far before the civilization of the Persian Empire and””
Don’t they still have a long way to go to become civilized?
The ancient Persians get a bad rap because they were always fighting with the Greeks and the Greeks were always talking stink about them. We of course get most of our modern knowledge on the subject from the Greeks and that is reflected in how we see the history. E.g., movie “300.” But the Persians supposedly were fairly beneficent as rulers.
Thanks for that info. I had a haircut today by an Iranian gal. She said she doesn’t watch much news as it drives her nuts but “those people are crazy” - I guess speaking about the rulers in Iran. I asked her if she has family there and she said her mom and sister and she talks to them regularly but had nothing but contempt for the supposed rulers!
I don’t think the Greeks description of the Persians was wrong but that movie was awful.
The Greeks did beat the crap out of them in war tho. From Marathon, Salamis Plataea, to Granicus, Arbela, and the 10,000 Greek mercenaries under Xenophon who was voted co-commander after the Persians treacherously murdered the Greek commanders under a flag of truce.
The book of Daniel also tells of the Greeks prophesied conquest of Persia.