The history of Iran

21/05/2013 18:22

The history of Iran.

 

A thing i've always found fascinating is the history of things, people and places. Since i was young, i've always loved watching movies where they had horses, swords and knights. The world as we know it came a long, long way and i think that, to understand certain things, it's important to understand the past. In my opinion there are a lot of things that can be learned from the past in order to understand the future. 

 

Having this said, i would like to write something more about the history of Iran. Iran is used to be called Persia. Starting in 559 BC, Cyrus II The Great united the separated kingdoms who where controlled by the Meden with their king Astyages. Persia conquerred the rest of Media in 550 BC and moved on to conquer Mydia and Babylon. After he conquerred the last well - known city, Cyrus II The Great was known to be a very famous and talented conquerrer. During his time of leadership, he made a famous charter: The Cilinder of Cyrus, in which he promised to to terrorise the city of Babylon or destroy its institutions or culture. In the end, Cyrus II The Great was killed in a battle against the Massagetae (or Saka's). It was Cyrus II The Great's son, Cambyses II, that addes Egypt to its list of conquerred cities. After him, Darius I and his son Xerxes tried to enlarge Persia some more but the last one got defeated in 480 in the Battle of Salamis.

 

(It's important to know that the persian empire was the biggest one mankind had ever known. Even more, this area was well ruled and efficiently controlled. The ancient empire knew things such as provinces (or satrapes), governors, a pay system with taxes, an advanced postal system and even secret agents called "The Eyes and Ears of the King", who informed him about the state of affairs in his empire.)

 

So far the Classical Era of Persia. During the Middle Ages, Persia or Iran knew the Islamic Golden Ages, after which the dynasties followed in 1500. Iran's history ended with the beginning of the Islamic Republic in 1979. 

 

I could actually start telling so much and so many things about the history of Iran. The things this country has been through are notically in so many things, the economics, the way their politic system is organised, the mentally of its inhabitants.. I had a lot of negative feelings about this country, but once you've visited it, you really learn to appreciate its way of doing things. 

 

Charlotte.

 

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