" the Persians in the film were shown as "ugly and violent creatures rather than human beings."
Works for me. Persian, Iranian, no big diff.
I guess so.
I bet they're just peed-off 'cause they lose the war.
Persia was a pretty impressive culture. Remember that that the Persians pretty much acted as God's army, saving the Jews from the Babylonians and they helped them back to Judaea and helped them construct the second Temple. this phenomenal culture gave us the concept of angels, the messiah etc. And yes, it was completely destroyed by Islam, except for refugees who fled to India