BBC - In the footsteps of Alexander (Darius Dies) 13

[ryko26]

thank you so much for posting this series!

[Godzplp123]

i highly doubt darius said tht to alexandr.....

[VictumRoManius]

@famemonster1993 Next time you try to talk seriously about history, try not to use offensive language... It only makes you look like a retard.

Back to the discussion: Not all Lydians where greek, but a great ammount of them where. The ruling class in Lydia was greek. The king who ruled at the time Cyrus the Great from Persia came was Croessus... A greek.

A majority of the Lydian population in the West Anatolian region where greeks... Herodotus forexample also came from there...

[VictumRoManius]

@famemonster1993 Their Ruling class was greek. Their king was greek.

A great amount of their population was greek. Their culture was like those of greeks.

[mohan0128]

Arguably one of the best documentaries ever made. Thank you.

[VictumRoManius]

Cyrus The Great gave Persia honour and prestige in conquering the huge Medean empire and the Lydian Greeks.

Alexander The Great gave Greece honour and prestige in conquering Persia and northern India.

I love history :D :D

[Gbrltr]

Something is missing here - what became of the palace? Episode 12 ended leaving that question unanswered...

[evaberlin]

gerd ab.. i though 'get up' :p

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

Very Persian/Arian thing to do, to care of your wife, daughter, sister, children before anyone. Only an arab rapes, molests and beats the beloved women in his family. PERSIANS AND GREEKS ARE FRIENDS TODAY, and were only enemies because they were rival genius'. PEACE LOVE AND UNITY TO MY GREEK/MACEDON BROTHERS and SISTERS!

[Thisisthefuture100]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM I bet you wished you were in the Army that fell before the Muslims, but that is probably just a fantasy.

Grow up, and stop spreading your vile around.

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@Thisisthefuture100 we cant change history, we can learn from it, define ourselves in the present, and shape the future. You have no fucking idea what its like to be oppressed, labeled as a terrorist, and seen as the enemy by the world and potentially have your family bombed. So shut up you ignorant fool. Our blood, the kurds, the armenians, etc, we are PEOPLE of ARIAN blood, and we DESERVE to have our old ways restored if thats what we want.

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@Thisisthefuture100 today millions of young people like me in iran want the islamic regime out, not because i hate arabs or islam, but because islamic fundamentalism has turned the world against us, when most of us are educated, progressive and modernized individuals who want nothing to do with it. Iran has some of the most intelligent women in the world, who are kept down by islam because they will want liberation. sorry buddy, but you need to understand struggle to see why its worth fighting

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM so you dont like islam yeah

shame on you

you have been brainwashed these westerners

think about it good muslim never do bad things

every race has good and bad people, not matter what religion they are

now they are some stupid terrousts killing people in the name of allah they are not muslims they do these kind of things to islam look bad. i am a shia muslim and i love iran even though i am not iranian. i think governmen is the best in the middle. love ahamadnijad

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana Fuck that man, you dont know shit. Why shame on me? Allah doesnt want me to have a choice? well then i dont want him. its funny i say him, because its patriarchal and psycho in nature, just like you. I hae muslim family, most beautiful people ive ever seen in my life. But most muslims i see just use it as an excuse to be extreme assholes, just like you.

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM go fuck your mom then dumb basterd

i was just trying to give you good advice shithead

rot in hell for making islam look bad

shame on you

you have been brainwashed by the media and those honkies

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana See ? you just proved my point, angry, illiterate, piece of shit muslim. I MAKE ISLAM LOOK BAD?!?!?!??!?! LISTEN TO YOURSELF!!!! READ WHAT YOU JUST WROTE!!! THAT MAKES ISLAM LOOK BAD!!!!!!!

You swore at my mom, what kind of a muslim are you? you want me to rot in hell, what kind of a muslim are you? same kind that blows himself up. Youre a giant piece of shit. You probably stink like one too. LONG LIVE PERSIA! DOWN WITH THE ISLAMIC DICTATORSHIP AND HATE THAT THEY CREATE!

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana i havent been brainwashed by anything, I read books. Marx, Nietsche, Hobbes, Roussea, hegel, you name it. I am a masters student, i could go on forever, as to WHY i LOGICALLY and SCIENTIFICALLY decided that islam is not for me. What makes allah better than christ? can you explain? give me one or two points.... why shouldnt i burn in hell for refusing jesus? see... you cant, because youre blind... brainwashed, mindless servant of an invisible idea.

kill yourself with a bomb.

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana you're shiite so you believe in judgement day (thast right im not ignorant like u , i know my shit). SO when judgement day comes, Allah himself will blow you the fuck up for being an ignorant piece of shit. Then he'll make you stick your dick in your mothers ass. Because youre a liar, and a sinner and a hypocrit. He'll forgive me because im innocent in my beliefs and exploration of the human mind. You started it buddy, by trying to be some religious wise guy.

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM shut the fuck up, you shit face. i am not religious shit person like you stupid cunt, i know my religioun. you are the one who left his country to go to other country to suck thier cock and be thier slave. if you are a muslim then why the fuck do you want persia without islam, you stupid cunt. and making islam look bad. islam has been in iran for 1000 of years.

you fuck your mom asshole

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana hahah you fail cuz my comments kicked your ass in. Im not a muslim, i dont claim to be. You do and swear and act hypocritical and swear at peoples mothers. youre a piece of shit. Allah hates you. He will smite you for being a liar and a hypocrit. You probably rape women and beat your children.stupid fucking raghead

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM well if you are not a muslim than why the fuck do you want iran with out islam, you fucking pig basterd. i swear at your whore mom coz she havn't showed you how respect people's religion. if you dont like islam then fuck your mom in the mouth you prick.

now fuck off and dont fucking reply me coz if you do i'll come to your house and fuck your mom's pussy really hard.

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana HAHAHAHAH ANGRY MUSLIM!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM!?!?!? WHAT A SURPISE!!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM WHOS AT ODDS WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM PERIOD!!! WHAT A SURPISE!!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM WHOS AT ODDS WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM PERIOD!!! WHAT A SURPISE!!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM WHOS AT ODDS WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM PERIOD!!! YOU GOD HATES YOU!!!! YOU HATE LIFE!!!

BLOW YOUR SELF UP PSYCHO!!!!!

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM tell your mom to get ready coz i am coming to fuck her ok

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana The entire world hates your backwards camel riding ways.

WHAT A SURPISE!!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM WHOS AT ODDS WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM PERIOD!!! WHAT A SURPISE!!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM WHOS AT ODDS WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM PERIOD!!! WHAT A SURPISE!!!! ANOTHER ANGRY MUSLIM WHOS AT ODDS WITH FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM PERIOD!!! YOU GOD HATES YOU!!!! YOU HATE LIFE!

BLOW YOUR SELF UP PSYCHO!!!!!

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM man i really enjoyed your mom' s fat hairy pussy. it was nice. now tell your sister to get ready for tonight man coz i am coming tonight. i am starving for your hot sister and dont forget to tell her to shave her pussy coz last night your mom's was really hairy and i couldnt see her hole properly.

man cant wait to fuck her really hard i mean realllllllllllyyyyyyy hard man.

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana Once again Ladies and Gentleman, a MUSLAM, who thinks he's doing his wrathful god's duty, by going around and comitting sins!!! HAHAHA what a joke. Muslams cry that the world hates them and they wonder why, because they are angry child molestors and sinners. Mohammed was the ONLY true muslim ever, and even he was a child molester. And u want to talk moms buddy? my intellect clearly trumps yours, and i can make way harsher scenarios than your pathetic attempts at being funny. watch

[PersiaWithoutISLAM]

@fucklifemana How about i tie you up, lay you down, get your mother to PERIOD on your face, then you lick the period blood off her cunt. Then stick your tongue in her asshole as she shits watery arab shits out her waste hole on your mouth. Then, take your small penis, and make you skull fuck your mother at mach 5 till she gets a stroke. then, do the same thing for you with your sister. look angry muslim, i can crush you at this, so please come back and try again, ive got all day, everyday...

[fucklifemana]

@PersiaWithoutISLAM damn man i reallllllllyyyyyyyy enjoyed your sister 's hairy pussy last night.

ok shitface now it's your turn baby get ready for tonight coz i am sending my dog for you. make you sure you shave your hairy ass coz my dog might dont likt it. and by the way you have got all day and everyday to swear at me then thats ok coz you mother fucker ain't got no friends that why. you are one lonely motherfucker who stays in his room and watch videos on youtube. get a life faggot

[shinigamidu13]

@diznab900 hahahahahaha what a iranian would will say lol....to bad alexadenr THE GREAT fu cked uall up no go cry more

[TheRazpaljotka]

You know what they say: "Kill a few people, you're a murderer. Kill a million, you're a conqureror!"

[IntoTheWildStan]

This is an amazing Documentry! :)

[jimmyzaia]

if u say look at iran after 7000 then think agen .. Assyrians and there history alexander at 25 conquerd persia with less men which is shameful .

[diznab900]

@jimmyzaia

not really, when alexander invaded iran, persians were sick of dariush the 8th, he was the worst out of the darioush dynasty, he raped women alot. thats why when alexander invaded iran he sent messengers to people. saying that he will eliminate taxes and put a stop to these crimes. plus alexander made dariush funeral the greatest funeral to this date, 1.8 millions people attended, he respected iran so much that after 7 years of in persia he called himself a iranian,

[anonimosfonias]

wtf are u trying to say with it? that u would win alexander?

[doglovesu]

poooooooooooooooo alex

[berjah1]

alexander the great homocidal maniac..what did he really accomplish , but the rape, torture and murder of millions of people...why do we refer to men like him as 'great"

[henkecelt]

@berjah1 - hi, great des not necessarily mean 'good' my friend ...(the 'great' terror....the 'great' famine etc.) it does however accurately represent his stature and importance in history.

[Alkavanyatur]

Was Pericles who rebuilt Atens not Xerxes.

Xerxes just destroyed it and return defeated to Persia.

[TimTimKitty00]

This footage in jus INCREDIBLE!

THANK YOU.

[eworldplaza]

He's a good story teller and has great timimg,,But I would love to know the ture fact

[GRmegas]

What respect these two kings, Greek and Persian had for each other.

[CrusaderIXGR3]

All I can say to you Persian is I have nothing against your people but...~2500 years after the Persian wars & ~2300 years after the conquest of Persia, we still talk about the cruelty of the Barbarian invasion of Greece & your people still talk about the death our armies spread in Persia & your people hate Alexander while we hate Xerxes.

[armanipure1]

Xerxes was a weak leader and quite stupid but when he burnt Athens he regretted it right away and order the city rebulit ... its quite different from Alexander ... he burnt the city looted all the gold ..

[CrusaderIXGR3]

Im glad the Greeks burned down Persepolis... Did you think your barbaric injustices in Greece would never be payed?

[franksvater]

sure! the barbaric?? we the first to have PAID slaves! we the first to have tolerate different languages....

[CrusaderIXGR3]

Well thats from your perspective, from our perspective Persians are oriental tyrrants, Barbarians, and all slaves except form one..your king. Not only Persians all non Greeks were consiered Barbarians.. so? Revenge for the crimes the barbarians commited in Greece, the burning of Athens by the Persians resulted in the burning of Persepolis by the Greeks.

[Persianking7500]

You should know history before you talk. The persians were the first ones who didnt had slaves,thats a fact and you cant deny that.

[persianiranforever]

hahahha

Do you even know that , after the Alexander the jerk came to Persia, he was like an idiot cause he was surpirsed by great Persian empire.Persian Empire was the first modern civilization empire in human history , when alexander came into Persia , he has replaced all of the his greek consulates withe Persians.He got an ugly greek wife but when he invaded Persia , he got five pretty Persian wives.Persian conquered the Greek as in culture you had a retarded culture

[crashoveryu]

I guess that's why post Alexander period is called Hellenization, but not Persianization.. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[persianiranforever]

what do you mean?

clear yourself first

[crashoveryu]

First of all, can u tell me how familiar with the term Hellniziation r u?

[99999999988888888]

The burning of Athens was revenge for the Greeks razing Sardis, idiot.

[99999999988888888]

In addition, Xerxes quickly regretted what he had done and rebuilt Athens. Alexander destroyed Persepolis and did not look back. He enslaved crucified 30 000 inhabitants of Tyre. So who is the barbarian?

[Persianking7500]

You are glad??

You know how many books got destroyed!!

It took the whole world 100 years back!!

[greken145]

Alexander not greek? Well, answer to these questions: didnt Athens and Sparta have war for years? Does that make them non-greeks? Did macedonians believe in the same Gods as the rest of Greece? Is Alexander greek name? Alexanders mothers name was Olympia and his fathers Filippos, Does that sound slavic or greek? Alexanders teacher was Aristotelis who studied at platons academy in athens..pls dont even try..Macedonians are one of the several greek tribes..as thrakians, thessalians, athenians..

[greken145]

Oh really? Do u know how many iranians i know who dont even want to be called iranians? Do u know how many are ashame of what has hapened to Iran? Come on, maybe some west european countries has lost their identity but thats not the whole europe..countries like Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain etc..will always be proud of themselves..

[333irani333]

true, us iranians will never forget our roots and our heritige, even as much as the islamic republic government want us to. long live iran. marg bar jomhouriye islami

[ThePersianGulf]

Full of craps! Alexander killed as many as he could, men, women, children, civilians.He was as wild as any animal could be.When his friend died due to over drinking, he sacrificed so thousands of civilians to commorated and respect his death. He killed his own comanders and friends when he was drunk. Also he was openly homosexual. He burnt many palces and cities just calm his wild nature. Don't make a saint of this animal. History has alot say about this wild animal...

[Boo5552]

your an animal, a dumb shit eating mule bitch, long live Alexander, destroyer of crappy nations like persia

[kashimallah]

greeks r the best and have the best history  greeks ruled the middle east

[marsCubed]

We Europeans have learned perhaps the greatest triumph of the ancient world, The will of democracy in the tradition of Socrates and the Athenian state. Iran may well have been the heart of mighty empire, but it, like all others is but a stepping stone to the knowledge, debate, technologies and civilizations to follow. In all of our societies we must liberate reason to illuminate with enquiry, openness, participation and debate; truth. Worshiping history is the opposite of it's meaning

[marsCubed]

or, repeating history is the opposite of it's meaning, makes much more sense on second thoughts.

[m3gas1]

you are an unedcuated idiot

[lilpac90]

:tup:!

[KguitarF]

just to let you know, once alexander died, persia just reconquered everything alexander did in seconds... soo haha greeks, even your best leader sucked balls

[FygeApoDoReVromokole]

what you wrote is completely wrong. For instance, Ptolomey (one of Alexander's generals) and his bloodline ruled Egypt for the next 300 years until the Romans. It wasn't "reconquered" by asians until the Muslim conquests. That's just one example. Suck on that.

[persiuss]

if u read the history which heredot wrote , alexandr was loolky look :d

[m3gas1]

what ? come again ?

[Rhinehart666]

Herodotus was more than 70 years before Alexander was born...

[sethelomethelis]

Greeks and Persians are brothers. then and even more now..

[Augments]

@sethelomethelis Humanity as a whole are brothers.

[brogantrull]

@sethelomethelis They say sibling rivalry is the worst, lol

[ImperialGuard9001]

@sethelomethelis Didnt the Greeks saw themselfs superior and even burned Peresepolis the wonder of wonders?

[m3gas1]

great documentary

[Thessalonik1]

And even then, the Persians and Greeks both had an unsurmountable amount of respect for each other. Amazing to watch.

One of the BEST documentaries I've chanced to watch, thanks very much Alexandros !

[Aminkhan786]

yeah thats y the greeks took 80,000 of persian women back to greece and killed ur men thas y some greeks look persian

[Rhinehart666]

and why the Persians enslaved Greece and burned her temples and cities to the ground?

[99999999988888888]

They never enslaved Greece. They burned Athens for revenge due to the Greeks burning Sardis...after Xerxes saw the flames engulf Athens, he realized the mistake he had committed and ordered his troops to put out the flames.

[Pouyan87]

what are u talking about? eqaually we can say Alexander burned Persepolis to the ground..and what ur saying is true..please tell me, why the Herodotus (who is legitimately accepted by westerners) lived in a Persian city and not back in Greece??

[greken145]

Wrong, no greek turned to greece with a persian woman..but greeks stayed in persia and married persian women, thats why a lot of iranians look greek..

[333irani333]

maybe because we are all of the same aryan race which started in iran

[greken145]

Lol, no greek returned to Greece, thats bullshit...the truth is Alexander wasnted his soldiers to marry persian women and almost all the greeks stayed in persia and did so..thats why a lot of persians look greek today..

[Persianking7500]

hahahahaha!!

We look like greeks!

hahahahah

[nikostsp]

thanks for this videos

[GenericGene]

Very enjoyable.