Engineering an Empire - The Persians - Part 1of5

The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the

ancient world. Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the Great, who

created a policy of religious and cultural tolerance that became the

hallmark of Persian rule. Engineering feats include an innovative

system of water management; a cross-continent paved roadway stretching

1500 miles; a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea; and the creation

of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Mausoleum of Maussollos.

The rivalry between Persia and Athens led to a 30-year war known as the

Persian Wars, the outcome of which helped create the world we live in

today. Peter Weller hosts.

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[kokori8]

I LOVE PERSIANS!! THEY ARE OUR TRUE FRIENDS. HISTORY IS CRAP THAT THEY TEACH US..ITS ALL LIES...GREECE + IRAN = FRIENDS.. WE LOVE YOU AND WE ADMIRE YOU HERE IN GREECE..WE ALWAYS DID!!! HODAFES :-)

[PrinCeSsProShaT]

@giriisindahouse on the contrarY ,unlike most Indo-europeans we have kept most of our traditions, religion is just a small part of our culture ,u can see how our ancestors cellebrated the Persian New year in Persepolis & 2daY after 2600 years we still do it .

Persians never accepted islam as it was ,we changed & shaped it by our own traditions, thats why most arabs dont consider us as real muslims .( they R right )

even our weddings r based on Zoroastrian traditions.

[way2tehdawn]

@kokori8 K thanx

[kokori8]

@goooooooooooooz some other new pramilitary units that eu brought to fight the riots. these guys look like they are robocop. its fucked up in greece man we will need to get out of eu to manage to recover otherwise we will be always slaves to those bastards foreign politicians.hodafez

[kokori8]

@goooooooooooooz greece has lost its sovereignty my friend. we have traitors on power since 1825 and even now the brought this guy papadimas to be prime minister the former secretary of the world bank,without elections and the weirder is that the people wlecomed him because he didnt have to do antyhing with these 3-4 families who have been ruling the country.it was all calculated my friend. brainwashed just like a holywood movie.the pepople are fighting the police and

[hill33ification]

Persia is the old land of Ancient Serbs

[jeremyelliot]

they take history and make it sound like a cheesy action/drama

[goooooooooooooz]

@kokori8

even if we were enemies, we can find reason to be allies today. Our cultures both date back thousands of years. not many people in the world can say that. Today Greece is in trouble. Iran was the only country selling oil to Greece on credit. A couple of weeks ago that ended as Greece was forced to agree with the sanctions against iran to get the deal package from Europe. We Iranians know a thing or two about surviving, Greece must work harder to get closer to Iran.

[godkingRoss]

I do believe the current "brutal regime" (lol) in Iran looks after their historical sites pretty well.

Judging by what's recently happened with our British war graves in Libya after their "liberation" I don't think Iran's historical artifacts would bode well if our corrupt government gets the war it seeks. Plus Ahmadinejad keeps the Taliban out and we know they hate Pre-Islamic artifacts.

[GollaGandaLova]

India, Persia, Ancient Greeks, Roman Empire, ahh.....this is my kinda stuff :D

[Kuwai8y4u]

@BLackHeaRT6601 dude we are here to talk scientifically and historically, not by rage. go search the history books and you will find that Arabs didn't have any empire and no one is mentioning Arabs as they had a great history. don't talk rubbish, we are here for the reality not for the imaginary !

[BLackHeaRT6601]

stupid fucking Persian they think they r better then arab xD what a stupid dream. they had fake culture and fake history and the Arabs are fucked the persian in many wars and they will fuck iran in the new war Just wait and we Will liberate Ahwaz from ur dirty hands persian Cowards b