Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object

http://www.ted.com A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.

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[SpaceChronologyCom]

The very nature of their conflict is so senseless that no historical evidence will change anything between them. It will take them all finally realizing that religions are man-made institutions that have nothing to offer in terms of understanding any of the fundamental questions.

[LightOfDivine1]

Cyrus real Name Kruush is of Zoroastrian Religion! Many of his Descendants are Sikhs, Sikhs are a Dharma of no Hate, all Love, they do not care if you are not Sikh or Atheist, Sikhs Religion teaches all belong to One Universal Creator God! And Science is one of the Major Names of God for Sikh Dharma! Much of Cyrus's History was destroyed by Islam! Islam hates Zoroastrians, all Iran was Zoroastrian, Islam killed many of Cyrus's descendants, most fled to India, some to Ireland, Hungary, Spain!

[kabulsh]

Piss off you fucking liar. Just because you indian dravidians dont have good history like us you are trying to associate your bullshit with us. long live real persians of iran khorasan and tajikistan.

[LightOfDivine1]

Alan you are correct, to be clear I never said the Achemenid Persian Empire ruled Ire-Land. I said people of that Ayran Clan the Kamboja were a founding wave of the Island that is calle dIre Land, and that lands people named it Ireland for Area Land or Ayra Land! Land of the Ayrans! This probably occurred way before the Achemenid PErsian Empire! That Empire did not Concur Ireland, but rather people of that race or lineage founded that land! Notice many Irish look hotter then the British!

[Alan Horton]

Point of historical fact. The Achemenid Persian empire did not rule Ireland or have any contact with Ireland. Their Westernmost permanent border was the Hellespont. Any further west and the empire became overextended and was not able to sustain its borders. There are limits to how big an empire can get, it's part of the natural order, expansion comes at the cost of internal stability. Every empire in history that has tried to exceed its natural limits has ended in collapse and catastrophe.

[Ali Cooll]

That explains a lot. So now i know why iran see its self as the defender of the oppressed.

From Cyrus who allowed jews and other religions to live freely to present Iran where iran is standing up for the rights of the Palestinian.

[olivewoodandvine]

This should be watched by everyone who is cutting humanities studies, esp archaeology, at universities. This is why history/archaeology is important; the past is always present.

[LightOfDivine1]

Cyrus belonged to "The Kamboja Clan", Cyrus as Greeks called Him, his real name was in Persian "Khrush", his Father was Emperor Cambysis as Greeks called him, but real name in Persian was "Camboja"! There relatives ruled parts of Greece, Italy, Spain, Hungary and Russia and Ire-Land the Ire is from Ayran Land all have connection to this. The Vedas and Granth Sahib mention Kamboja! Veda is over 8 thousand years old!

[Koot Orand]

ول کن بابا اسدالله، حالا شما کوتاه بیا.

[CrackingTechHD]

1979 Engeland installed Khomenei in Iran to make Iran weak and obtain all it's oil and raw materials. Iran will rise again and we will bring freedom to the whole world.

[LinyEasow]

The fundamental question is where did the information, design and the laws for sustaining the universe come from?