History of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Part I (550-486 BC; Cyrus the Great - Darius the Great)
400K views · Mar 21, 2021 · Education
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@walterwhite8229 · 5 years ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzIVddeWfR4&t=154">2:34</a><br>"Assyrian kings would constantly brag about how they massacred hundreds of memes"<br>I'm sure I heard that wrong but dam.. it gave me a good reason to laugh.
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@TheZoobZoobs · 4 years ago
You can see the vast contrast between Cyrus and Darius by the fact that the inscriptions on one's tomb only request his bones to remain undisturbed while the other writes a book on how awesome he was.
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@MrOreo2010 · 5 years ago
Very happy to see you covering Zoroastrianism!
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@fraggerfragsolot9285 · 5 years ago (edited)
Just when I run out of things to watch, this pops up :D
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@SonofChrist77 · 5 years ago
As a Persian from Shiraz, I am glad you made such a great film length documentary which is bursting at the seams with information about my ancestors. I am glad to be born in Iran and have Cyrus the Great as one of my ancestors as he truly was and still is a force of righteousness and light. I hope that in the same way Cyrus united the Persians and the Medes, that modern Iranians will come together and unite to fight injustice and inequality wherever it might be happening. Zendebaad Iran!
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@sahelldanishyar6196 · 5 years ago
Love from Tajikistan 🇹🇯 from Tajik people to my Ancestors Teispes and Cyrus the great 🇮🇷❤️❤️ Tajiks-Persians synonym. <br>Thank you for this great information
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@ryancier · 1 year ago (edited)
As a young man from Virginia, I have been told so little about Persia (and thus Iran) by both high school AND western civilization classes at college and Uni. I have been living in the DARK, man! There's SO much history from Persia and Iran!!! I'm so hungry for knowledge. I wanna keep learning.
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@IDreamOfLogic · 3 years ago
As a Greek, I was only taught at school that the Persians were some bad guys that the Greeks defeated. I am only now starting to learn about their civilization, and I am amazed.<br>Thank you for giving me the opportunity. And Pete. He's the one that sent me here.
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@parsesnarseh7536 · 5 years ago
Hope to see this series pan out to include Seleucid, Parthian and especially, Sassanian eras. Great narration, excellent citation of ancient sources and the beautiful Persian music in the background have done splendidly to shed light on the criminally underrated Iranian history. Doroud from Iran.
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@bprinter9238 · 5 years ago
Prior to the battle of Cyrus' death, Another smaller battle took place where Cyrus feigned a retreat to allow the Scythians to loot what appeared to be an abandoned camp. Led by Tomyris' son Spargapises, the Scythians looted the camp and drunk the deliberately left wine (something the Scythians were unfamiliar with). The Persians then attacked the intoxicated Scythians. After sobering up, Spargapises commited suicide in captivity, realising the trap he had fallen into.
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@AbbeyRoadkill1 · 5 years ago
Last time I was this early King Astyages was still in charge. Love your channel.
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@connorgolden4 · 5 years ago
Cye here to save day when I’m bored. <br><br>Such an interesting empire.
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