I was fortunate enough to visit Persepolis about 15 years ago, and as both a Persian and a lifelong history nerd (Classics major), it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I am grateful for my heritage and the history of my people. We’ve been truly blessed.
Persepolis is a Greek name just like all Greek cities using the suffix polis like alexantroupolis, konstantinoupolis.. .etc Names are given with a purpose not by chance.
I saw Persepolis in 1970-71. It was amazing. At the time, very lonely and great. It seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. I lived in Iran then and saw many magnificent things and places. The details used in the many ways of decorating buildings. The arts they were masters of. After you get used to the aesthetic, it was all so beautiful. I feel honored to have been able to live there, I will never forget it,
Before it got to be a islamist country like now! In the 70´s woman where free and not oppressed excluded like prisoner in there own country! I would love to visit Iran, but as a woman you are not safe as well as for a westerner due to the hatred they have and dark racism towards other countries people and other religions (we are hated infidels in ISlam) It is so sad :( Therefore you do not see multicultural there or any white people and woman (not covered up) at the bazar...only the Iran people there!
@@politiksverige-politicsofs4809 You are an absolute MORON and none of what you said pertains to Iran. You are generalizing 26 Muslim countries based on what you've seen from 5. Iranian people are none Arab and the most pro Western people in Asia and the Middle East. I was more welcomed in Tehran than I was in Jerusalem. You must be an absolute illiterate because there are literally thousands of videos by Westerners in Iran and many of them are women.
vancitytehranstlouis Well said...lots of people unfamiliar with the region have such false perceptions 😔 What you see reported where people are burning US flags, etc. is theatre. Did it happen? Yes. Is that the sentiment of most people there? Absolutely not. Iranians are the most generous people I've ever met. Let's try not to perpetuate false stereotypes.
@@politiksverige-politicsofs4809 sounds like you are conflating persians/iranians and arabian jihadis (which iranians emphasized that they're not. they dont even speak arabic.
I had an old friend from Iran back in the '80s. He taught me so much about Persian history and culture. I also learned a bit of Farsi. What a beautiful culture, then and now--I wish more people could understand and appreciate it.
I wish you had mentioned that the ancient Persians had constructed an earlier version of the Suez Canal. It was started by the Pharaoh Necho, but finished by the Persians 100 years later and was in use for 500 years. Quite an achievment.
I've always admired my civilized Persian ancestors. Cyrus, the Great, always have been loved & never forgotten by Iranians. He issued the first charter of human rights. He freed the slaves, established racial equality and declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion.
@@freeworld6305 yes, after thousands of years it's impossible to definitely determine the exact genetic of individuals in Iran, but the thing that I am proud of is my peoples' civilization and justice, not their Persian race or genetic. As long as Cyrus The Great once was a king in my land it's enough for me to admire and respect him
why were there religious minorities, ? when all,religion is fake.made up by man to suit his ideals,ideas,of history of his species.havnt you come across the sumerian tablets,or do you choose to ignore,your tru beginnings.????????????.this woman,with the expensive,scarf around her ,is a joke,,,neck to show she,s important,,LIES..she,s paid NOT, to tell the truth..all those buildings they uncovered,are the same as buildings world wide.NOT,, just your little universe..!!..
@Robert B. Yet so much of what is online is either inaccurate, one-sided, biased, or a combo of all three; not saying that you won't get the same from college instructors.
As an Iranian ,I will never forgive alexandera for burning down this magnificent place and burning the libraries and history books ,lots and lots of information of our history was destroyed ,thank you for making this video ,it made me cry.💚
Redrose is english house of York yes?. The only people that destroy Iran are those who destroyed Greece..and who continue to destroy both. This hasn't changed through history despite the never ending attempts at historical plastiography like this 'official' video.
Well, more than 2300 years have passed but as a Greek i feel the need to apologize for Alexander's mistake. Even though the Persians had destroyed the Athenian acropolis, this is no excuse. You don't fight evil with evil. Alexander regreted burning Persepolis shortly after, but the damage had already been done. Greetings from Greece to our old frienemies 🇬🇷🤝🇮🇷
@S U They were one hundred percent Aryan. Iranian genetics are most similar to those of Italy, Greece and Denmark. Ancient wars were exactly like today's wars waged by the extravagance of kings and rulers, not wars between peoples.
As a Persian, I love talking mess with my Greek friends about our ancient rivalry 😋 With that being said, I’ve been a nerd for antiquity since I was a kid, so much so that I was reading Greek mythology when most kids my age were playing in the sandbox or the jungle gym. My book collection contains nearly all of the great Greek comedies, tragedies, and Homeric epics. And I do love Greek food ☺️
According to Herodotus, Xerxes also regretted immediately for burning Athens and ordered part of it to be rebuilt after his anger subsided. Respect to Greece from Iran(Persia)🇮🇷🤝🏻🇬🇷
I had the chance to visit Persepolis in 2005. Very impressive! Especially the view over the city from the hill where Artaxerxes III was buried. Also the museum is worth to be visited. In the western world everybody talks about the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans but if ever you have a chance to visit Iran don't miss the opportunity to go and see this great legacy of the Persian empire! These images will forever be present in my memory! Cheli Chube!!!
My dear Persia is mentioned many times in old Bible and Queen Esther, prophet Daniel,and more lived in Persia and died and buried ,it is sooo facinating
I am an Iranian (Persian) and I believe every old country has some good & bad things in its past. One of the major things that makes me to be proud of Persia is the great Cyrus. After capturing Babylon and entering the city he ordered something to be written on a cylinder about his rules regarding the citizens of his empire. His order and his mentality was a kind of masterpiece in human wrights. This Cylinder is kept in the British Museum and the translation of his writings is in the United Nations as the First Charter of the Human Rights.
Babylon was full of sin. Prophet Isaiah for told what would happen to Babylon 200 years prior. Cyrus dried up the river that surrounded Babylon and his armed walked right through the gate that was lifted open.
If its the same Persian I am thinking of, he did something quite amazing and nearly unheard of. He would often allow the areas he took over under their own cultural and religious norms, only demanding the taxes and possible soldiers for duty in return for protection.
@@miba8303 True. We in the earth called America are not told the truth about anything, not even how the so-called United States of Rome came about. We are merely treated as ignorant slaves that are told we are free to inspire arrogance in ourselves without any knowledge. It's unfortunate, yes, but the internet is helpful at undoing some of this crime. I have no opinion on the past. I am only a learner trying to discern truth from fiction. I appreciate the input from those who have knowledge of these things to further my understanding. In Scripture we are told that Cyrus is anointed of God, and that Darius and Artaxerxes both followed suit in just manner toward Judah, otherwise, along with the Medes, it is known as a warring and oppressive nation, the Red Horse of Revelation, that spilt much blood during a relatively short reign like Babylon. Also, their Nimrod based religion of Mithaism is practised by the Vatican to this day under the guise of following Jesus. This is all I know. If someone can suggest some good reading sources on ancient Persia, I would be grateful.
Persian history started 10000 years ago but 3200 years ago they migrated from the steppe of Ukraine and Urania to modern day iran becouse of this iranian are called indo Europeans Wikipedia
I have a longing to visit here, I am half Iranian by birth, born and live in Britain. I was fostered then adopted by white British parents and never met my birth parents, all I know is my father was an Iranian studying at University in the 1970's at Durham. Since I found out about my heritage when I was a young teenager I have held it in my heart and often day dreamed about what my father's land must look like, how the wind and sun feels there. All of the Iranian people I have met have had something very special about them, dignified and generous.
woww! Your words are very touching and kind. I hope you make it to Iran some day. It is an incredible country. But be aware, you might not want to go back to Britain.
The Persian empire was truly impressive in just about every aspect of life. Whether royal life or the life of it's citizens. And their moral concepts were absolutely exemplary, giving all sorts of freedom to it's conquered peoples. An empire Envious to no other. Remarkable.
Ancient Persian : hey guys we're pretty laid back , as long you pay your taxes and respect one another, your free to be you Me: I like your style count me in 😎 lol
@@tylersoto7465 At the same time Jews: Thank God that Cyrus saved us from the Babylonians, now we are known as the citizens of the new empire and not Babylonian slaves. Themistocles after his emigrating to Persia: I cannot believe it, I fought with you all my life for the freedom of Greece and Athens, and I was your great enemy, but now the Greeks are jealous of me and want to execute me, but you, not only you accepted me as your citizen, but you also gave me a great welcome and I saw a lot of good behavior from your sid. The Spartans and even the Athenians should follow you as their example. Anatolian Greeks after the fall of Lydia: Cyrus is indeed a just and great leader, he is much more just than Croesus and we praise him.
At the same time Jews: Thank God that Cyrus saved us from the Babylonians, now we are known as the citizens of the new empire and not Babylonian slaves. Themistocles after his emigrating to Persia: I cannot believe it, I fought with you all my life for the freedom of Greece and Athens, and I was your great enemy, but now the Greeks are jealous of me and want to execute me, but you, not only you accepted me as your citizen, but you also gave me a great welcome and I saw a lot of good behavior from your sid. The Spartans and even the Athenians should follow you as their example. Anatolian Greeks after the fall of Lydia: Cyrus is indeed a just and great leader, he is much more just than Croesus and we praise him.
The Persians have only been forgotten because too few of us today have any knowledge of History at all. Schools in particular have an appalling record of failure with teaching History (as well as the 3Rs) and when they do it is 'Cherry Picked' for political reasons. I am an amateur historian I learned SOME history as an elective in High School but most of my knowledge was gained in my own time outside the so-called 'education' system.
D. Smith I guess it is mostly because "Persia" Changed it's name to Iran in 1940s. We can find Greece amd Egypt on the map, but not Persia!Hence many tend to forget it! And Persians is not an accurate term, Achaemenid is a lot more accurate (for Persians have built 6 empires in the history)
Lion King & Eleni 1979: Please allow me to correct you: (I am tourguide in Athens and born-raised in PELLA, MACEDONIA)/ The name "Persia" is from the Greeks given, the "Persians" never used this word for their country. (they use Aiyran, Aryan etc from the area Aria. "the region "Persia" (Greek word) Parsha in Persian, is the South of Iran and spoke Fars 9about 50% of the land). The ancient Persian language is lost. After the Munghal-Mongolian invasions in North the population was mixed in North. As for the ^ (six) "Persian Empires"...I do not agree. The first was the "Achemenid", the second was the 'Parthian of Arsakids (known from the wars V Roman Empire), and the third 3rd "Sassanids Empire" (destroyed by the Byzntine Emperror Heracleius) around 625 Ad. After that, the Moslim Challifats invated the area of Iran and later they became Shija Muslims. (Pls correct me if I'm wrong)
I was there in 1990 and it is simply an amazing place an awesome experience walking among the massive stone architecture , even as a ruin of its former glory the way it is now , no way would call Persepolis a ruin. One has to go and see for themselves how magnificent it is and to see it at the height of its glory would be on another level I’d love to go back there again 👍👍👍👍
Very well done. It was so great to see the places where I spent my early teen years, in Shiraz and Persepolis. I lived there from June 1974 to July 1978. How I would love to go back.
I used to watch this documentary special about Persian Empire over and over again. I am amazed how their civilization was born and evolved over the centuries. Thank u for uploading this kind of video. It's worth learning.
Aref Eshghi Let’s be honest, Many elements of what we call Islamic Culture these days are all essentially Persians. Arab might have spread Islam to Iran, but Persia brought culture to Islam.
@Martin Solomon At first I wanted to ignore your comments altogether since we have an expression in Persian that says "the reply to idiots is silence!". But then I saw your other comments all over the place! And I thought while I can't do anything to help you learn the facts because of your ill point of view, maybe I can help you get better! You know, if you don't like a culture, people or country for any reason, you don't have to make yourself suffer by searching videos praising that culture and then writing racist comments under those videos. Being a racist is not a good thing at all, but acting upon it is worse and it makes more suffering for the hater than others! Make sure to seek help from a mental health practitioner my friend!
May fall, more will possibly, but I believe we are evolving to a point where only natural worldwide cataclysm is going to do so. The next step will be, in my opinion there will be about 3 steps, concentration into super-countries. An example would be the hypothetical joinging of North and South America into one country, Africa and Western Europe, The middle east and Russia, The orient joining together, as well as Australia and India (the combos could be different). The second step being futher concentration into two or three super-countries, and the third being a One-World Government. Just a theory.
@@mattyconchatty Of course - do you really mean that China is part of the "orient" (same as many poor development countries which tend to lean to rather temporal Russia block with some arabic despocies or on the other side India?). This is ridicule.
I'm a Christian and recently found part Jewish. I love the Persian esthetic so beautiful the hand made rugs a work of art. I wish I could visit the markets like shown. If only we could have love and peace and share admire each uniqueness.
@Carol Berwind Scheffler I want to extend love and peace to you and your community from my community. Everyone can do this now. It is ONLY because of governments and their media which divide us.
"Tell us what you see -- far away, forgotten lands -- where empires have turned back to sand..." -- "Lovely To See You" (The Moody Blues). Thank you, Timeline, for this well-made and intriguing overview of a place that I've longed to visit.
Beautiful documentary on one of my most favourite countries in the world - Iran & rich Persian culture❤️ Beautiful country, warm friendly people, amazing rich culture, food, music❤️ I’ve visited Iran twice & will definitely visit more! I’m in love with this lovely country❤️🌟🙌
I’m so grateful to have visited Persepolis last year. I’d recommend that all of you put Iran on your list of places to visit. I’m American. I can tell you, I’ve never felt more loved than when I went on a 4,000 mile road trip through Iran for a month. I miss the people of Iran. Someday, I’ll return to Iran and continue exploring.
@@AnyoneCanSee We (persians) don't use black or white words for ppl... You are human and it's all that matters! Btw we are not like what u see on internet or tv!!! We don't below u up we don't swear you... You will be surprised how hospitable persians are!!!
@@AnyoneCanSee yes in terms of color we arw white (but not as white as eroupeans or Americans XD) and yes it is more than safe, you can even travel here without spending any money because Iranians are known to be hospitable, you are very welcome if you wanna visit Iran one day :)
Wow. This documentary was very well put together. So beautiful. But now I’m left SO UPSET! I’m upset that I’m only REALLY learning about Persia at the age of 38, and I’m even more MAD that Alexander (the Great Evil) selfishly took out such a beautiful and peaceful land of people!
Do more research. That’s a very interesting time in history. But this documentary is very one-sided and paint the Persians to be perfect. They are far from innocent.
By the so-called Alexander the great. Burned down libraries. Erasing history was the best way to disorient a people and leave them totally destroyed, ravaged.
@farhadtarapore at least that’s what we are told. I’m very cautious of blindly believing someone’s story. Alexander was killed by his generals they tell us , right? How much else did they pin on him? We are getting stories but not all the facts.
@@cajun1253 That's a great point. And history is always written by victors. Also, it is impossible to prove or disprove unless someone makes time travel possible :) When I read history, I try to focus on the mistakes and learn from those rather than get entwined with the literal narrative.
@@cajun1253 who tells you Alexander was killed by his generals? Guys stop making fiction history. Stick to the history we have from historians of the time and from archaeology
@@farhadtarapore So maybe we should have all praised Persian Empire rather than Alexander the III, due to the Achaemenid destruction of Athens in 480-479 BCE. Aperson in history is called Great for some reasons you don't seem to understand
I like persian people they have that fire and generosity in their hearts that no other nations do . . . . . history places food...I mean I am inlove....
My girlfriend is Persian. She’s from Shiraz 80kms from Persepolis and says it’s just amazing to see. They are very proud and as small as she is, she will fight anyone who mocks her tradition
It’s so interesting to see Persian architecture something we would not normally be privy to, It’s fascinating to see such beautiful architecture and to imagine what it would have looked like.
@@harmonicres actully its iran gov that wants to wipe out israel amd they are very open about it They were saying it from 42 years ago And ppl dont want this regime
After minute 3 he’s close to crying he’s so moved by the site of the ancient city that hold endless secrets . I love when historians are so moved by historical cites they cry, they really love what they do. The Egyptian historical with the red curly really loves her work too , I love watching her documentaries about ancient Egypt
I remember distinctly, in school when we learned about how Alexander the Great defeated Persia and the whole empire vanished, I felt so devastated, and thought that if things went the other way our world today might had been so much better. I am not educated enough to draw these conclusions confidently, so please don't be too harsh on me. It was a feeling I had, and still have, I felt it after watching this video as well. Ancient East to me always seemed closer to the wisdom of the Earth, the better side of human nature, it understood that we came from the earth and respected it more than the West. I see much more wisdom and truth in their philosophy. Anyways, thank you so much for these documentaries and your efforts to educate people. Much respect.
@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv yes, In any Culture, underpinning off decay becomes extremism. Rome, Gladiators, in Asia Samurais, in Byzantine, Christian Warriors, Russia, The White Army, Denmark, fractions off Vikings, Germany, The Brown Coats, America,Anti-fas. All, despite their destructive behavior, fall back, when Civilication' s shred skin, and normalize. 🇺🇸👁️🤔🦅
in france and other european countries ,all you learned is about what is good to your ears. The historical truth for some reason teached only half the last 30-40 years. For example ,you know about celtic invade in greece 278 bc? if no i suggest you to search for it. Your ancestors was the really bad guys as they were also again in 4th crusade 1204.Not people from east. Middle east people had civilization long before you.
They teach you that because Europeans are of Greek descent..u know divide and conquer? a couple of hundred years ago no country existed in Europe.. that's why so many Gr. words...and no history BC ..
Well pay attention to that little blurb at around 48:18. We did not even know about most of it until the 30s. Not even 100 years ago. I mean that is when scholars just started digging this stuff up let alone verifying ,debating and then put it to the public .It was to us like the beginnings of Egypt and further back still are, time almost out of mind as far as more solid facts.
The documentary was remarkable. Thank you so much for revealing the truth about Persian history. Indeed, it is a glamorous history with the greatest king in the world who is called "the great Cyrus".
Not really its actually vice versa the great Muslim poet iqbal wrote that it wasn't Islam that conquered Persia but Persia that conquered Islam, the Persian Muslim scholars and historians took revenge on the Arabs by demonizing pre Islamic Arabia
A powerful description of an almost forgotten imperium with perfect use of imaginery that is elequently being explained to us. This is the way history should be taught, because it brings ancient times to life again. I love history, so I give you my sincere compliments :-)
I was fascinated by the fact there are records of what men were paid. Different skills different rates. And the design, the skills, the history, so many cultures, the gate of all nations. Grace, ducipline. How far we've fallen!
I am an admirer of Persia and I always watch documentaries on this historical topic...Cyrus ,the Great was a very powerful King then....ruled a massive Empire but so sad to see it's fate now... destroyed by Greeks at that era. I just want to visit Persepolis some day. 😊😊
Don't forget who started it. Persians attacked Greece too many times. only Persepolis was burnt down avenging the destruction of Athens by them. Philip gave his promise at the Delian league when he united all Greeks under the first Nation ever. Greeks wanted security and only way was eventually Alexander the Great getting rid of them.
I have always had such an interest in ancient history and observing all the wonders of past civilizations that are still being discovered......How amazing it must have been to have lived and walked through Persia's architectural wonder
@@ahmedislam2580 The Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, is still there: in Iran and even in India. As of Persian culture? Just visit Iran, and every Iranian home during the Persian New Year celebrations: Nowruze. They truly love their country, its culture, language and literature.
What a great documentary! Here is something you missed in the beginning….when you go up the stairs to reach to gate of all nations, you can either take the Persian way (left side) or visitor (right side). The Persian side has 110 steps, the visitors have 111 steps. Why? They have to walk one extra step to visit the Persians. Thanks again.
Allow me to say thank you Timeline for publishing this doc. In a world where they're trying to convert the name of PERSIAN GULF into THE GULF, such docs are gold. 🤝 from an Iranian guy
Beautiful piece. I especially like the word choices. They paint a picture especially the part about the cedar. I feel that it would be fantastic if the current government would start promoting this ancient city. People fly around the world to see the pyramids and Rome.
I don’t think we forget that easy becouse I know just a little of the persien empiere but I didn’t know about these Beautyful buildings and gardens , it was wonderful to see and listen too
Instead of editing my first comment, I just wanted to thank you for such a fantastic upload, the quality and subject matter of your videos is second to none!!!
Politics play a big role as well. When a country has been banned and feared for 40 years, who can research it's history or take their team there?It's not worth the risk and effort for most people. I feel sorry for my ancestors that we weren't able to give their inheritance the recognition it deserved,or even care for it properly.
On a personal level I have met and worked with quite a few Iranian in New York, they are some of the most polite and humble people I ever came across. Then again that's just my personal experience.
As an Academic Dean for many years at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, I dealt with students from all over the world, from all over Asia, Africa. the Middle East, from most countries in Europe (Eastern, Central, and Western). The Iranian students were among the most open, friendly, polite, and smartest. They were a delight to work with, and to know.
@@daryakohan205 Thank you very much. More Westerners should get to know Iranians on a personal level, rather than, as so many news outlets describe Iran, as personifications of a hostile nation. Iranians are a wonderful people.
I am tajik, which is another name for persians. It is interesting how we still have so many things remained from that age. People in villages or city will go to mountains for the summer to escape the heat. And how women still wearing all those colorful shiny clothes. And so many more things...💓😃
@@HF3130. Tajik language, like Dari spoken in parts of Afghanistan, is a variation of the Persian language, a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family and is mutually intelligible with the Persian spoken in Iran. Tajiks are ethnically Persian. The various Persian Empires were larger than the current territorial extent of Iran. So Tajiks have every right to make a connection with their Iranian brothers.
@@mandypersia Uzbeks are turks. They are one of the tribes of nomadic people. Well..but they got mixed with so many Tajiks due to living(or taking over) in tajik’s land. Their culture, their language, their cousin borrowed so many things from tajiks that you might really confused them with tajiks.
Afghanistan had pathans who were the afghan back the. I heard Dari was founded by a Pushtun... by i dont think tajik is traditional afghan i think they are Iranian nomads but still Persian but they are minorities of current Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan . So all Persians lol
@@HF3130. Perhaps you don't know what you are talking about. We Iranians, Afghan people, Tajik people and even people in parts of Uzbekistan are all the same people, Iranians. We are Iranian people with different modern nationalities.
I very much enjoy your documentaries. This one was not disappointing. Civilizations rise and fall, and new ones take their place. I feels sad in a way. I wonder if any human civilization will ever endure longer than what they have in the past. Well done. If history had been taught how you present it when I was in school, history would have been much more interesting.
I NEVER get tired of watching this! I am thrilled every time. It is like the greatest shopping mall of all time. Also the Seals and Cuneiform are the real treasure.
I didn’t know Persepolis was a lost city. Every time I visited this palace, I wondered what it would have looked like if Alexander had not destroyed it. How it would have looked as a great museum, how people dressed then, the decorations. Recently I saw a video of making of Persepolis which showed all that. It was beautiful. For the rest of world, Alexander may be the “Great”, for us Persian he was a destroyer, wild thug who destroyed this beautiful city.
No one in modern history can come close to religious fanatics out of the wonderful world of Islam for desecration of ancient artifacts they deem pagan.
But the Persians always invaded Greece, so Alexander just had to invade Persia as well, though, If I'm not mistaking Thais Athens burned the city herself
@@pfranks75 The Persians weren't Muslims you rude flatulent person, they speak Farsi or Urdu today. They are the original Aryans - never mind 'Caucasians'. They are not Arabs nor speak Arabic as their native language - they were conquered by the 'Arabs' or Muslims you are thoughtlessly throwing at Amirah - for no comprehensible reason. What other languages do you speak? One, correct? Persians you meet often will speak 3-4. Arabic, Farsi or Urdu, French, and English. You do have the market cornered on y'all, though.
I've always wondered why anyone would want to raise Alexandria to the ground. The Greek sacking of Persepolis is a very compelling reason. What a city, what a culture, what a crime.
As a Persian from the same province of Persepolis, when ever I see and hear the history of this ruined Grate Empire, my tears runs down, wish I had a power to rebuild all of it like new
At the beginning he says it is one of the remaining mysteries of ancient civilisations. Are you kidding me, there is so much about our past Civilizations that we have no idea about. We have only scratched the surface.
@@joepublic5469 no you were lied too about history.. you know what you were conditioned to know... then you have what they know that none of us will know along with what we all don't know which is greater than what we think we know.. got it??
The Greek called anyone who didn't speak Greek a Barbarian. The very term meant just that, "someone who doesn't know Greek". These people were considered culturally less sophisticated because of course (and every culture in the world does this) they considered their own culture superior to others. No doubt the Persians thought the same of the Greeks, and the Egyptians of the Romans, the Romans of the Egyptians, etc. etc.
Duckthing you are so far out I can only assume you are trolling. 'Barbarian' meant pretty much what it does today, not "someone who doesn't know Greek". It was a Greek word but they got it from the Arabs. The Barbary Coast meant something like 'The Coastal Lands of the Barbarians'. The Greeks were in absolutely constant contact with 'that part of Africa'. All this stuff is so easy to find out, from regular, reliable, history sites.
CaptainDuckman, A bit like the way any country today that refuses to accept the capitalist hegemony is routinely, called a "despotic regime" by the mafias media machine.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 even in those days it was meant to have negative connotations. It justified invasion and plunder. Killing people who you label as inferior is a very powerful method of propaganda.
With so much hatred Greeks had against Persians, when Alexander the ugly invaded Persia and destroyed Persepolis and put an end to empire, when they settled in Persia, they began to act like Persian kings. Alexander wore Persian clothing etc. This repeated during the history. Iran is perhaps the country most invaded. But, whoever invaded Iran and defeated our army eventually lost to Persian culture. They all became eventually Iranians.
Lol what their is not a single great intellectual worthy of admiration for originality in ancient Persia, it was only after Islam that Iran became civilized, where were the attars, Hafez, Saadi, rumi (most of whom are sunnis) in ancient Persia huh
Saad Rizvi Additionally with Islam cane great terror. The execution of Mostafa Salehi, poor guy had two young kids, and his only crime was protesting. Any Iranian who claims to still be Muslim is denying their true culture. How can you turn a blind eye to when terror is committed like that?
King Cyrus was one of the best. His saga is written in the Book of Daniel of the Bible. As, is all of the Medes and Persians after the fall of Babylon all the way up to today Who is ruling in Rome..
Watching this makes me both proud and depressed. Look at what we once were and look what we are now. The worst thing that happened to Iran was the Muslims conquests.
True but don't forget. It was mongols who destroyed all of ancient Persian libraries. Imagine if we didn't lose all of those historical information. Iran just needs to be non religious country.
Eli za Yea but my anger can’t go that far back. Also Alexander the Great ruined Persepolis. I’m trying to focus on our recent issues. Iran was on its way to being a prosperous nation under the Shah. I also never said that Islam is evil. My response reply was not recorded and is somehow lost. I meant to say that regular Muslims rarely speak up when acts of violence or atrocities are committed. We need more people speaking up.
@@nostalgia545 I agree, I'm not defending Muslim at all nor hate them, I just dislike Islam. Their are good muslims and bad ones like every other religion or race. The ones who speak up are the ex muslims or non practicing ones, thank goddess for that at least. Overall, iran needs to let go of Islam or at most stop being an Islamic state. The Shah wasn't that great but he was way better than what Iran has now. Shah's father was the one who turned Iran around and helped people, he did a lot for iranians and for Iran.
Eli za The Shah gave women the right to vote before they even asked for it in 1963. American women have only had the right to vote for 100 years since August 26, 2020. Alice Paul and other suffragettes went to jail and were force fed when they rejected food. They only got the right to vote after Tennessee became the 26 state to pass the law to give women the right to vote and congress then enacted it. Imagine the Shah, who many call a dictator, giving women the right to vote without all that fighting and campaigning that Alice Paul did. Additionally he made it illegal for a man to have more than one wife. This was so that women from religious families wouldn’t be forced into it against their will. We can’t just give them the choice to be a second wife since some women might not have the choice. Finally, he made the hijab illegal. He gave women the chance to have freedom without pressure form their families. To me he was a feminist before the word feminist even existed. His wife built a colony for those suffering from leprosy to give them the chance to live good lives without infecting others. These are things many people don’t know about the Shah and people just criticize him because it’s the easy thing to do.
Right back at the start when we were viewing the ruins for the first time I was strongly reminded of Karnak (until we got to the winged beasts). But that trip to the middle east didn't include Iran - and oh how I wished it had (still do but at that time borders were closed - hopefully some day)
I'm Iranian Indian, my father was a refugee from Kazerun, Fars, Iran. I hope to visit Takht-e-Jamsheed/Persepolis some day. The current regime and I would disagree on most things, but I'd like to see the city regardless.
I wish i respected history more when i was young..im so into now...n wish i could go back n be a geologist, archeologists, and be part of ancient discovery. I wish i knew why im so into it now. So amazing
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AH HA
Can I ask what the name of the background music is ?
The same is clearly not true for grammar.
Que es Guasibiri?
@@fairweather1704 ñb.
I was fortunate enough to visit Persepolis about 15 years ago, and as both a Persian and a lifelong history nerd (Classics major), it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
I am grateful for my heritage and the history of my people. We’ve been truly blessed.
I am 24 and I am Algerian and it always was my dream to visit Persepolis, you have such a beautiful country!!
Affarin dadash ☝🏽💯🦁🇮🇷
Persepolis is a Greek name just like all Greek cities using the suffix polis like alexantroupolis, konstantinoupolis..
.etc
Names are given with a purpose not by chance.
i visited around the same time! truely an amazing place, even though i was too young to truly appreciate it
I saw Persepolis in 1970-71. It was amazing. At the time, very lonely and great. It seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. I lived in Iran then and saw many magnificent things and places. The details used in the many ways of decorating buildings. The arts they were masters of. After you get used to the aesthetic, it was all so beautiful. I feel honored to have been able to live there, I will never forget it,
Before it got to be a islamist country like now! In the 70´s woman where free and not oppressed excluded like prisoner in there own country!
I would love to visit Iran, but as a woman you are not safe as well as for a westerner due to the hatred they have and dark racism towards other countries people and other religions (we are hated infidels in ISlam) It is so sad :( Therefore you do not see multicultural there or any white people and woman (not covered up) at the bazar...only the Iran people there!
@@politiksverige-politicsofs4809 You are an absolute MORON and none of what you said pertains to Iran. You are generalizing 26 Muslim countries based on what you've seen from 5. Iranian people are none Arab and the most pro Western people in Asia and the Middle East. I was more welcomed in Tehran than I was in Jerusalem. You must be an absolute illiterate because there are literally thousands of videos by Westerners in Iran and many of them are women.
vancitytehranstlouis Well said...lots of people unfamiliar with the region have such false perceptions 😔 What you see reported where people are burning US flags, etc. is theatre. Did it happen? Yes. Is that the sentiment of most people there? Absolutely not. Iranians are the most generous people I've ever met. Let's try not to perpetuate false stereotypes.
@@politiksverige-politicsofs4809 sounds like you are conflating persians/iranians and arabian jihadis (which iranians emphasized that they're not. they dont even speak arabic.
@@politiksverige-politicsofs4809 you don’t know what you’re talking about
I had an old friend from Iran back in the '80s. He taught me so much about Persian history and culture. I also learned a bit of Farsi. What a beautiful culture, then and now--I wish more people could understand and appreciate it.
But can you shimmy?
I wish you had mentioned that the ancient Persians had constructed an earlier version of the Suez Canal. It was started by the Pharaoh Necho, but finished by the Persians 100 years later and was in use for 500 years. Quite an achievment.
No it wasn't by Persians but by Greeks. Read the book natural History of Pliny the elder..
@@pyrsos3920it was persia . Darius the great (king of persia ) left a document and a note over there in old Egyptian language
@@pyrsos3920 west want you to think greeks and Europeans are inventors of life god earth and everything in this univers
India. Iran. Gypsies. Brothers. 👆🤝
Indo ariens. Indo Iranian. Iran. Persia-parsua - parphia. India. Gypsies. Brothers. 👆🤝
I've always admired my civilized Persian ancestors. Cyrus, the Great, always have been loved & never forgotten by Iranians. He issued the first charter of human rights. He freed the slaves, established racial equality and declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion.
You know not all Iranians are genetically Persian right?
@@freeworld6305 yes, after thousands of years it's impossible to definitely determine the exact genetic of individuals in Iran, but the thing that I am proud of is my peoples' civilization and justice, not their Persian race or genetic. As long as Cyrus The Great once was a king in my land it's enough for me to admire and respect him
@@farzanehrahimi1944 That's a very wise answer.
why were there religious minorities, ? when all,religion is fake.made up by man to suit his ideals,ideas,of history of his species.havnt you come across the sumerian tablets,or do you choose to ignore,your tru beginnings.????????????.this woman,with the expensive,scarf around her ,is a joke,,,neck to show she,s important,,LIES..she,s paid NOT, to tell the truth..all those buildings they uncovered,are the same as buildings world wide.NOT,, just your little universe..!!..
Iranians aren’t only Persians. Don’t forget us non-Persians.
You can learn more about history on UA-cam than schools.
I sure have haha 👍🏾
@@snakepliskin23 yeahhhhh
@Robert B. Yet so much of what is online is either inaccurate, one-sided, biased, or a combo of all three; not saying that you won't get the same from college instructors.
yes! and if it's on video it's true 8D
Not only history but also other things.
As an Iranian ,I will never forgive alexandera for burning down this magnificent place and burning the libraries and history books ,lots and lots of information of our history was destroyed ,thank you for making this video ,it made me cry.💚
Redrose is english house of York yes?. The only people that destroy Iran are those who destroyed Greece..and who continue to destroy both. This hasn't changed through history despite the never ending attempts at historical plastiography like this 'official' video.
But then Cesar burned down Alexanders library
Revenge can always wait
the whole revolution they caused is the worst thing tbh... who could imagine Persia turning to The IsLaMiC RepUbLiC of Iran....
Alexander the ugly!
Well, more than 2300 years have passed but as a Greek i feel the need to apologize for Alexander's mistake. Even though the Persians had destroyed the Athenian acropolis, this is no excuse. You don't fight evil with evil. Alexander regreted burning Persepolis shortly after, but the damage had already been done.
Greetings from Greece to our old frienemies 🇬🇷🤝🇮🇷
Long live all Aryan tribes 🇮🇷💕🇬🇷
@S U They were one hundred percent Aryan. Iranian genetics are most similar to those of Italy, Greece and Denmark. Ancient wars were exactly like today's wars waged by the extravagance of kings and rulers, not wars between peoples.
As a Persian, I love talking mess with my Greek friends about our ancient rivalry 😋
With that being said, I’ve been a nerd for antiquity since I was a kid, so much so that I was reading Greek mythology when most kids my age were playing in the sandbox or the jungle gym. My book collection contains nearly all of the great Greek comedies, tragedies, and Homeric epics. And I do love Greek food ☺️
According to Herodotus, Xerxes also regretted immediately for burning Athens and ordered part of it to be rebuilt after his anger subsided. Respect to Greece from Iran(Persia)🇮🇷🤝🏻🇬🇷
@@CyrusPersia-wv7zo
Bro Creating his own Happiness 😂
I had the chance to visit Persepolis in 2005. Very impressive! Especially the view over the city from the hill where Artaxerxes III was buried. Also the museum is worth to be visited. In the western world everybody talks about the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans but if ever you have a chance to visit Iran don't miss the opportunity to go and see this great legacy of the Persian empire! These images will forever be present in my memory! Cheli Chube!!!
My dear Persia is mentioned many times in old Bible and Queen Esther, prophet Daniel,and more lived in Persia and died and buried ,it is sooo facinating
You can thank the Islamic anti-historians over the last few centuries for attempting to destroy beautiful art they perceive as pagan.
I am an Iranian (Persian) and I believe every old country has some good & bad things in its past. One of the major things that makes me to be proud of Persia is the great Cyrus. After capturing Babylon and entering the city he ordered something to be written on a cylinder about his rules regarding the citizens of his empire. His order and his mentality was a kind of masterpiece in human wrights. This Cylinder is kept in the British Museum and the translation of his writings is in the United Nations as the First Charter of the Human Rights.
Kheyli mammon for sharing your insight. The idea of the scroll is beautiful and so is Persepolis! Was there last year...
Babylon was full of sin. Prophet Isaiah for told what would happen to Babylon 200 years prior. Cyrus dried up the river that surrounded Babylon and his armed walked right through the gate that was lifted open.
Are you black too like king Nebuchadnezzar with curly hair like the Nubian described there ?
Cool
If its the same Persian I am thinking of, he did something quite amazing and nearly unheard of. He would often allow the areas he took over under their own cultural and religious norms, only demanding the taxes and possible soldiers for duty in return for protection.
As an Arab who wishes to visit Iran one day , magnificent documentary 💜
You are very welcome to our country.
Thank you for being a strong person and not an insecure being.
Ya habibi, welcome
@@fazel_mo
Are you a Muslim??
Is that you in the profile picture?
Not sure how many times I've watched this but every time I stumble upon this episode I end up watching through to the end, awe inspiring, love it!
As an American I'm amazed how Persians lived 2500+ years ago!! Ancient times is so addictive
and as european I am amazed how americans live in 2021
@@miba8303 True. We in the earth called America are not told the truth about anything, not even how the so-called United States of Rome came about. We are merely treated as ignorant slaves that are told we are free to inspire arrogance in ourselves without any knowledge. It's unfortunate, yes, but the internet is helpful at undoing some of this crime. I have no opinion on the past. I am only a learner trying to discern truth from fiction. I appreciate the input from those who have knowledge of these things to further my understanding.
In Scripture we are told that Cyrus is anointed of God, and that Darius and Artaxerxes both followed suit in just manner toward Judah, otherwise, along with the Medes, it is known as a warring and oppressive nation, the Red Horse of Revelation, that spilt much blood during a relatively short reign like Babylon. Also, their Nimrod based religion of Mithaism is practised by the Vatican to this day under the guise of following Jesus. This is all I know. If someone can suggest some good reading sources on ancient Persia, I would be grateful.
5000 years
The persians we're doing something right for people to love them lol
Persian history started 10000 years ago but 3200 years ago they migrated from the steppe of Ukraine and Urania to modern day iran becouse of this iranian are called indo Europeans
Wikipedia
I have a longing to visit here, I am half Iranian by birth, born and live in Britain. I was fostered then adopted by white British parents and never met my birth parents, all I know is my father was an Iranian studying at University in the 1970's at Durham. Since I found out about my heritage when I was a young teenager I have held it in my heart and often day dreamed about what my father's land must look like, how the wind and sun feels there. All of the Iranian people I have met have had something very special about them, dignified and generous.
woww! Your words are very touching and kind. I hope you make it to Iran some day. It is an incredible country. But be aware, you might not want to go back to Britain.
Please let us know the day, you do go. I would love to hear about you experience:)
You need to go there !
You have an interesting story but i'd suggest holding off visiting til like the collapse of the current Cultist excuse of a regime we got here.
Just go therre and see your great roots
Dont wait
The Persian empire was truly impressive in just about every aspect of life. Whether royal life or the life of it's citizens. And their moral concepts were absolutely exemplary, giving all sorts of freedom to it's conquered peoples. An empire Envious to no other. Remarkable.
Ancient Persian : hey guys we're pretty laid back , as long you pay your taxes and respect one another, your free to be you
Me: I like your style count me in 😎 lol
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At the same time
Jews: Thank God that Cyrus saved us from the Babylonians, now we are known as the citizens of the new empire and not Babylonian slaves.
Themistocles after his emigrating to Persia: I cannot believe it, I fought with you all my life for the freedom of Greece and Athens, and I was your great enemy, but now the Greeks are jealous of me and want to execute me, but you, not only you accepted me as your citizen, but you also gave me a great welcome and I saw a lot of good behavior from your sid. The Spartans and even the Athenians should follow you as their example.
Anatolian Greeks after the fall of Lydia: Cyrus is indeed a just and great leader, he is much more just than Croesus and we praise him.
At the same time
Jews: Thank God that Cyrus saved us from the Babylonians, now we are known as the citizens of the new empire and not Babylonian slaves.
Themistocles after his emigrating to Persia: I cannot believe it, I fought with you all my life for the freedom of Greece and Athens, and I was your great enemy, but now the Greeks are jealous of me and want to execute me, but you, not only you accepted me as your citizen, but you also gave me a great welcome and I saw a lot of good behavior from your sid. The Spartans and even the Athenians should follow you as their example.
Anatolian Greeks after the fall of Lydia: Cyrus is indeed a just and great leader, he is much more just than Croesus and we praise him.
A huge thank you to all the professionals creating this amazing documentary , I learned and got enlightened in many ways 🙏🏻👍🏻
Even me🥳
Are you Iranian
Iran is so fascinating... it's my dream to visit iran someday..
Hope you get here some day❤️🇮🇷
Here is full of wonders. I started traveling around the country twice a year for almost ten years and there's so much more to explore yet!
@@princeofthedragon3029 thnks☺ prolly someday
@@bahareh_rezaie its one of the oldest civilizations on earth so i bet there is alots.
I hope there will be something left to visit
The Persians have only been forgotten because too few of us today have any knowledge of History at all. Schools in particular have an appalling record of failure with teaching History (as well as the 3Rs) and when they do it is 'Cherry Picked' for political reasons. I am an amateur historian I learned SOME history as an elective in High School but most of my knowledge was gained in my own time outside the so-called 'education' system.
D. Smith
I guess it is mostly because "Persia" Changed it's name to Iran in 1940s. We can find Greece amd Egypt on the map, but not Persia!Hence many tend to forget it!
And Persians is not an accurate term, Achaemenid is a lot more accurate (for Persians have built 6 empires in the history)
Lion King & Eleni 1979: Please allow me to correct you: (I am tourguide in Athens and born-raised in PELLA, MACEDONIA)/ The name "Persia" is from the Greeks given, the "Persians" never used this word for their country. (they use Aiyran, Aryan etc from the area Aria. "the region "Persia" (Greek word) Parsha in Persian, is the South of Iran and spoke Fars 9about 50% of the land). The ancient Persian language is lost. After the Munghal-Mongolian invasions in North the population was mixed in North. As for the ^ (six) "Persian Empires"...I do not agree. The first was the "Achemenid", the second was the 'Parthian of Arsakids (known from the wars V Roman Empire), and the third 3rd "Sassanids Empire" (destroyed by the Byzntine Emperror Heracleius) around 625 Ad. After that, the Moslim Challifats invated the area of Iran and later they became Shija Muslims.
(Pls correct me if I'm wrong)
well said
D. Smith well put.
@@randzopyr1038 Not my school, and I doubt if many schools were like you claim.
I was there in 1990 and it is simply an amazing place an awesome experience walking among the massive stone architecture , even as a ruin of its former glory the way it is now , no way would call Persepolis a ruin.
One has to go and see for themselves how magnificent it is and to see it at the height of its glory would be on another level I’d love to go back there again 👍👍👍👍
Very well done. It was so great to see the places where I spent my early teen years, in Shiraz and Persepolis. I lived there from June 1974 to July 1978. How I would love to go back.
I used to watch this documentary special about Persian Empire over and over again. I am amazed how their civilization was born and evolved over the centuries. Thank u for uploading this kind of video. It's worth learning.
What has held them back .... ???? That's an interesting question too
shadowcat 10110
Not the same people.
It’s more correct when you say Achemandian Empire, Persians have had 6 different Empires throughout the history
@@anniesue4456 The Arabs they invaded Persia unfortunately otherwise they probably would still be here and Iran would not be an Islamic Country
@@Black-Re4per Shows that Zoroastrianism didn't live up to its name. Khalid Bin Al Walid really screwed up the majoosi.
Finally, the first documentary (that I've came upon) that correctly uses Persian music and not Arabic music!
Aref Eshghi Let’s be honest, Many elements of what we call Islamic Culture these days are all essentially Persians. Arab might have spread Islam to Iran, but Persia brought culture to Islam.
@Martin Solomon At first I wanted to ignore your comments altogether since we have an expression in Persian that says "the reply to idiots is silence!".
But then I saw your other comments all over the place! And I thought while I can't do anything to help you learn the facts because of your ill point of view, maybe I can help you get better!
You know, if you don't like a culture, people or country for any reason, you don't have to make yourself suffer by searching videos praising that culture and then writing racist comments under those videos.
Being a racist is not a good thing at all, but acting upon it is worse and it makes more suffering for the hater than others! Make sure to seek help from a mental health practitioner my friend!
What was the name of the tribe of King Cyrus?
@@ROYAL-BLUE-GHANA Pars or Persian and I guess it is also knows as Persis in English.
@@arefeshghi , What is Pasargadae about? I read somewhere that was King Cyrus tribe, is that true?
This is the second time I’ve watched this and the beauty of Persepolis never ceases to amaze me 😍 I would love to visit one day
We Love Iran from USA 🇺🇲❤️🇮🇷
Magnificent, it should be a lesson to us that everything is only temporary. And the empires that exist today will also fall.
already falling.. were in the middle of it.
May fall, more will possibly, but I believe we are evolving to a point where only natural worldwide cataclysm is going to do so. The next step will be, in my opinion there will be about 3 steps, concentration into super-countries. An example would be the hypothetical joinging of North and South America into one country, Africa and Western Europe, The middle east and Russia, The orient joining together, as well as Australia and India (the combos could be different). The second step being futher concentration into two or three super-countries, and the third being a One-World Government. Just a theory.
yes, and we ourselves are temporary
@@vencdee How did I Substantially forget about China? I spoke of every substantial inhabited land mass.
@@mattyconchatty Of course - do you really mean that China is part of the "orient" (same as many poor development countries which tend to lean to rather temporal Russia block with some arabic despocies or on the other side India?). This is ridicule.
I'm a Christian and recently found part Jewish. I love the Persian esthetic so beautiful the hand made rugs a work of art. I wish I could visit the markets like shown. If only we could have love and peace and share admire each uniqueness.
@Carol Berwind Scheffler I want to extend love and peace to you and your community from my community. Everyone can do this now. It is ONLY because of governments and their media which divide us.
Can't rule out Jealousy and envy.
@@BearSoetero 😊😊
me too learned I am jewish late in life . live in nyc love the jewish people before i knew it!!and I am in the jewelry business!
@@kurilladesign did you see that king Nebuchadnezzar was black too with curly hair like that Nubian that was pointed out !
Those Persian textiles are spectacular.
And Alexander “the Great” was certainly a hooligan.
Alexander the Great brought justice on the Persian's doorstep. Justice for the centuries of Persian attacks on Greece. Totally fair.
Alexander the not so great .
What is so great about destroying another peaceful nation ?
"Tell us what you see -- far away, forgotten lands -- where empires have turned back to sand..." -- "Lovely To See You" (The Moody Blues). Thank you, Timeline, for this well-made and intriguing overview of a place that I've longed to visit.
Beautiful documentary on one of my most favourite countries in the world - Iran & rich Persian culture❤️
Beautiful country, warm friendly people, amazing rich culture, food, music❤️ I’ve visited Iran twice & will definitely visit more! I’m in love with this lovely country❤️🌟🙌
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I’m so grateful to have visited Persepolis last year.
I’d recommend that all of you put Iran on your list of places to visit. I’m American. I can tell you, I’ve never felt more loved than when I went on a 4,000 mile road trip through Iran for a month.
I miss the people of Iran. Someday, I’ll return to Iran and continue exploring.
@@AnyoneCanSee We (persians) don't use black or white words for ppl... You are human and it's all that matters! Btw we are not like what u see on internet or tv!!! We don't below u up we don't swear you... You will be surprised how hospitable persians are!!!
I’ve heard that Iranians are super friendly & curious about Westerners; it’s our governments that don’t get along!
You are very nice person indeed , I am Persian and I appreciate your kindness towards my people , very nice 👍
@@AnyoneCanSee yes in terms of color we arw white (but not as white as eroupeans or Americans XD) and yes it is more than safe, you can even travel here without spending any money because Iranians are known to be hospitable, you are very welcome if you wanna visit Iran one day :)
my man
As an Iranian, I will never allow my civilization to be lost. We Iranians exist in the world to keep peace and kindness alive.🇮🇷
Persian EMPIRE
Wow. This documentary was very well put together. So beautiful. But now I’m left SO UPSET! I’m upset that I’m only REALLY learning about Persia at the age of 38, and I’m even more MAD that Alexander (the Great Evil) selfishly took out such a beautiful and peaceful land of people!
Do more research. That’s a very interesting time in history. But this documentary is very one-sided and paint the Persians to be perfect. They are far from innocent.
The Persian Empire was not forgotten it was erased intentionally.
By the so-called Alexander the great. Burned down libraries. Erasing history was the best way to disorient a people and leave them totally destroyed, ravaged.
@farhadtarapore at least that’s what we are told. I’m very cautious of blindly believing someone’s story. Alexander was killed by his generals they tell us , right? How much else did they pin on him? We are getting stories but not all the facts.
@@cajun1253 That's a great point. And history is always written by victors. Also, it is impossible to prove or disprove unless someone makes time travel possible :) When I read history, I try to focus on the mistakes and learn from those rather than get entwined with the literal narrative.
@@cajun1253 who tells you Alexander was killed by his generals? Guys stop making fiction history. Stick to the history we have from historians of the time and from archaeology
@@farhadtarapore So maybe we should have all praised Persian Empire rather than Alexander the III, due to the Achaemenid destruction of Athens in 480-479 BCE. Aperson in history is called Great for some reasons you don't seem to understand
I always love watching documentaries with commentaries from scholars and archeologists because their passions for their studies are so infectious.
It makes me proud to be born in a place very close to Susa. I feel so ancient.
Are you black too like king Nebuchadnezzar with curly hair as the Nubian was described ?
I like persian people they have that fire and generosity in their hearts that no other nations do . . . . . history places food...I mean I am inlove....
Greetings from Persia . Thanks alot . God bless you .
My girlfriend is Persian. She’s from Shiraz 80kms from Persepolis and says it’s just amazing to see. They are very proud and as small as she is, she will fight anyone who mocks her tradition
You lucky man, perhaps you enjoy Iranian foods! give my regards to her.
I live in shiraz but im turk
What tradition? The Islamic one or what???😁
Is she black like king Nebuchadnezzar with curly hair as the Nubian described there ?
@Narges so the truth is racist now ! lol
I want to go to Iran sometime. Greetings from Greece.
@@MRZUZS no it is iran
@@MRZUZS 😐😐😐😐
@Religions The domination of African minds u shut ur mouth, israeli zionist.., all people are welcome to our country.
U R WELCOME
Welcome any time
We call Classical Greece the Golden Age, but the Persian Empire was a Global Golden Age that influenced every empire after it.
It’s so interesting to see Persian architecture something we would not normally be privy to,
It’s fascinating to see such beautiful architecture and to imagine what it would have looked like.
Cyrus didn't just let the Jews do their thing, he basically helped them rebuild Jerusalem
And yet they the state of Israel wants nothing more than to wipe Iran off the face off the earth. IF that aint ingratitude I dont know what is...
You can not put 20th century politic and transfer them 2500 years back.
Iran used to be Zoroastarian. The state Isreal has a problem with is a result of the muslim conquest. Long after Cyrus.
@@harmonicres actully its iran gov that wants to wipe out israel amd they are very open about it
They were saying it from 42 years ago
And ppl dont want this regime
@e hgf Do you mean the holiday where they were saved from Haman's plan to wipe out all the Hebrews? And he himself was blotted out?
It just astounds me how gifted the architects and artists were back then.If it wasn't for them,I don't think we would be capable of things we build
After minute 3 he’s close to crying he’s so moved by the site of the ancient city that hold endless secrets . I love when historians are so moved by historical cites they cry, they really love what they do. The Egyptian historical with the red curly really loves her work too , I love watching her documentaries about ancient Egypt
I remember distinctly, in school when we learned about how Alexander the Great defeated Persia and the whole empire vanished, I felt so devastated, and thought that if things went the other way our world today might had been so much better. I am not educated enough to draw these conclusions confidently, so please don't be too harsh on me. It was a feeling I had, and still have, I felt it after watching this video as well.
Ancient East to me always seemed closer to the wisdom of the Earth, the better side of human nature, it understood that we came from the earth and respected it more than the West. I see much more wisdom and truth in their philosophy.
Anyways, thank you so much for these documentaries and your efforts to educate people. Much respect.
True brother 🤝👍
Persia have an elegant history and great civilization
Respects from India ( Meluha or Bharath) 🙏🙏
And it shows that islam,distroy all of it.
So sad for these smart persians now.
@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv yes, In any Culture, underpinning off decay becomes extremism. Rome, Gladiators, in Asia Samurais, in Byzantine, Christian Warriors, Russia, The White Army, Denmark, fractions off Vikings, Germany, The Brown Coats, America,Anti-fas. All, despite their destructive behavior, fall back, when Civilication' s shred skin, and normalize. 🇺🇸👁️🤔🦅
Hajaha it is the Medies Ekbatana history . it is not persian hiatpey
Aryavrat !
They stole a lot from India, so much for elegance, read the Vedas and ancient history of India.
Such a shame to have destroyed such an amazing city. I would like to have lived in that time and seen that beautiful place.
waterdragon Ravensthorpe so why dont U visit Iran now... it has many beautyful places except perspolis
@@aliabbasmoghadam4653 I am too old to travel anymore. Leave it to the young to travel :)
waterdragon Ravensthorpe dear age is just a number😅 But after all I wish you would be healthy everywhere🙏
I doubt you'd want to live in that war filled time as you'd be in battle with no time to appreciate your surroundings.
Don't say that ever again sir. Iran is more meaningful to elder and more experienced people like you. You are always welcome
Something I have never ever learned about during my school years, I'm from France, all they teach us about is greeks and romans basically
They were a little more violent
in france and other european countries ,all you learned is about what is good to your ears. The historical truth for some reason teached only half the last 30-40 years. For example ,you know about celtic invade in greece 278 bc? if no i suggest you to search for it. Your ancestors was the really bad guys as they were also again in 4th crusade 1204.Not people from east. Middle east people had civilization long before you.
They teach you that because Europeans are of Greek descent..u know divide and conquer? a couple of hundred years ago no country existed in Europe.. that's why so many Gr. words...and no history BC ..
Well pay attention to that little blurb at around 48:18. We did not even know about most of it until the 30s. Not even 100 years ago. I mean that is when scholars just started digging this stuff up let alone verifying ,debating and then put it to the public .It was to us like the beginnings of Egypt and further back still are, time almost out of mind as far as more solid facts.
Probably like the documentary says, not much is actually known about Persia.
The documentary was remarkable. Thank you so much for revealing the truth about Persian history. Indeed, it is a glamorous history with the greatest king in the world who is called "the great Cyrus".
Did you notice king Nebuchadnezzar is black with curly hair like that Nubian was described ?
"It's the victors who write the history books". Damn, well put.
It's actually a well known saying
Lol I guess it just got a little more well known because of OP
Not really its actually vice versa the great Muslim poet iqbal wrote that it wasn't Islam that conquered Persia but Persia that conquered Islam, the Persian Muslim scholars and historians took revenge on the Arabs by demonizing pre Islamic Arabia
According to Herodotus, Book 3 -31, Persian customs was to marry their siblings, such as the son of Cyrus married his own blood sister.
@lnlycaty it's a fact, herodotus might have been biased, like ibn khaldoun but incest among ancient Persians is an established fact among historians
A powerful description of an almost forgotten imperium with perfect use of imaginery that is elequently being explained to us. This is the way history should be taught, because it brings ancient times to life again. I love history, so I give you my sincere compliments :-)
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I was fascinated by the fact there are records of what men were paid. Different skills different rates. And the design, the skills, the history, so many cultures, the gate of all nations. Grace, ducipline. How far we've fallen!
The bronze age collapse also brings about the same feeling of loss
I am an admirer of Persia and I always watch documentaries on this historical topic...Cyrus ,the Great was a very powerful King then....ruled a massive Empire but so sad to see it's fate now... destroyed by Greeks at that era. I just want to visit Persepolis some day. 😊😊
Greetings from Persia. Thank you very much . God bless you.
Don't forget who started it. Persians attacked Greece too many times. only Persepolis was burnt down avenging the destruction of Athens by them. Philip gave his promise at the Delian league when he united all Greeks under the first Nation ever. Greeks wanted security and only way was eventually Alexander the Great getting rid of them.
@@hermespsychopompos8267 nope.
I was fortunate enough to visit, and even in the middle of the summer heat, it was incredible, beyond breathtaking!
@@saeedvazirian Iran nationalists 😭
If history class in school was this entertaining i could barely sit for 30 minutes here iam for almost an hour just fine
Right
I loved ancient history classes in school
It is fascinating. To think in 1000 years, we will be ancient history!
This is one of the most interesting documentaries i have ever seen! I loved it.
More magnificent than the sculptures is it looks like the film crew had full access to the ruins with NO CROWDS. Man that must have been cool.
The Amazing Persians...Respect from India..Maybe one day i can see the beautiful Iran..
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I have always had such an interest in ancient history and observing all the wonders of past civilizations that are still being discovered......How amazing it must have been to have lived and walked through Persia's architectural wonder
Persian culture, civilization was very rich and advanced....Amazing. !!!!!
I agree. The Persians were awesome. They weren’t as bad as the Greeks depicted them.
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"arabs destroyed their history": How?
@@nomesa7374 khaled ibn walid and umar ibn khattab destroyed persian religion and culture
@@ahmedislam2580 lol
@@ahmedislam2580 The Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, is still there: in Iran and even in India. As of Persian culture? Just visit Iran, and every Iranian home during the Persian New Year celebrations: Nowruze. They truly love their country, its culture, language and literature.
What a great documentary! Here is something you missed in the beginning….when you go up the stairs to reach to gate of all nations, you can either take the Persian way (left side) or visitor (right side). The Persian side has 110 steps, the visitors have 111 steps. Why? They have to walk one extra step to visit the Persians. Thanks again.
Persians history and culture is one of the oldest, rich and intricate even way back from Renaissance. Would love to visit there one day.
Arabs ruined the culture
Allow me to say thank you Timeline for publishing this doc. In a world where they're trying to convert the name of PERSIAN GULF into THE GULF, such docs are gold. 🤝
from an Iranian guy
Are you black like king Nebuchadnezzar with curly hair like the Nubian described there ?
This made me so sad for a culture that truly had tolerance for other religions and to live in peace! What a grand place it was!
Yeah, until Islam came
David Jones until a cia coup
Thats exactly the reason why they've been conquered so many times. Being weak, docile will cause that
@David Millington are u nuts, the actual persians(zorashtrians) are some of the most independent and intelligent ethnicities in the world.
@Cryptos Cryptos CIA coup in 1950s.
Outstanding! This is a gorgeous documentary. Many thanks for uploading!
Thank you! Thank you! The digital recreation of Persepolis was everything I ever wanted to see and more!
can we talk about how amazing the animated recreation of the buildings? looks so natural and convincing, even the people walking looks real👏👏
The biggest empire that the world has ever seen. The Achaemenid dynasty is unbelievable💚
Beautiful piece. I especially like the word choices. They paint a picture especially the part about the cedar. I feel that it would be fantastic if the current government would start promoting this ancient city. People fly around the world to see the pyramids and Rome.
We build and destroy-- we build and destroy- we build and destroy- we build and destroy. And forget.
Yes...
I don’t think we forget that easy becouse I know just a little of the persien empiere but I didn’t know about these Beautyful buildings and gardens , it was wonderful to see and listen too
Hosted by Andrew W.K.
@जय भोलेनाथ जय भोलेनाथ Thank you.
Then again remember..
Instead of editing my first comment, I just wanted to thank you for such a fantastic upload, the quality and subject matter of your videos is second to none!!!
The Persians deserve the same recognition as the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians. But like he said "It's the victors who write the history books."
Politics play a big role as well. When a country has been banned and feared for 40 years, who can research it's history or take their team there?It's not worth the risk and effort for most people.
I feel sorry for my ancestors that we weren't able to give their inheritance the recognition it deserved,or even care for it properly.
Been there. Lived in Iran for two years until 2019. Loads of other places to see as well ...amazing! Go there.
On a personal level I have met and worked with quite a few Iranian in New York, they are some of the most polite and humble people I ever came across. Then again that's just my personal experience.
and smart
Are they black with curly hair as king Nebuchadnezzar ?
As an Academic Dean for many years at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, I dealt with students from all over the world, from all over Asia, Africa. the Middle East, from most countries in Europe (Eastern, Central, and Western). The Iranian students were among the most open, friendly, polite, and smartest.
They were a delight to work with, and to know.
@@8888Rik Thank you very much , *SIR*. You are a great *gentleman*.
@@daryakohan205 Thank you very much.
More Westerners should get to know Iranians on a personal level, rather than, as so many news outlets describe Iran, as personifications of a hostile nation. Iranians are a wonderful people.
I am tajik, which is another name for persians. It is interesting how we still have so many things remained from that age. People in villages or city will go to mountains for the summer to escape the heat. And how women still wearing all those colorful shiny clothes. And so many more things...💓😃
Tajik is not second name or third or fourth.... tajik from Tajikistan is not iranian. Suddenly every try to link them with iran lol
@@HF3130. Tajik language, like Dari spoken in parts of Afghanistan, is a variation of the Persian language, a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family and is mutually intelligible with the Persian spoken in Iran.
Tajiks are ethnically Persian. The various Persian Empires were larger than the current territorial extent of Iran.
So Tajiks have every right to make a connection with their Iranian brothers.
@@mandypersia Uzbeks are turks. They are one of the tribes of nomadic people. Well..but they got mixed with so many Tajiks due to living(or taking over) in tajik’s land. Their culture, their language, their cousin borrowed so many things from tajiks that you might really confused them with tajiks.
Afghanistan had pathans who were the afghan back the. I heard Dari was founded by a Pushtun... by i dont think tajik is traditional afghan i think they are Iranian nomads but still Persian but they are minorities of current Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan . So all Persians lol
@@HF3130. Perhaps you don't know what you are talking about. We Iranians, Afghan people, Tajik people and even people in parts of Uzbekistan are all the same people, Iranians. We are Iranian people with different modern nationalities.
I very much enjoy your documentaries. This one was not disappointing. Civilizations rise and fall, and new ones take their place. I feels sad in a way. I wonder if any human civilization will ever endure longer than what they have in the past. Well done. If history had been taught how you present it when I was in school, history would have been much more interesting.
The true name of the film is Great Persian Empire. It's not about destruction, it's about the most mighty kingdom in the world.
35:45 the poor guy thought that you wanted to buy a rug. He was so confused!
Bahaja 😆 He looks so stressed!
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lol i was thinking same thing too
Persepolis is beautiful even in ruin....It must have been extraordinary in its heyday.
I NEVER get tired of watching this! I am thrilled every time. It is like the greatest shopping mall of all time. Also the Seals and Cuneiform are the real treasure.
We went to Persepolis in 2018 and your video brought back great memories!
I didn’t know Persepolis was a lost city. Every time I visited this palace, I wondered what it would have looked like if Alexander had not destroyed it. How it would have looked as a great museum, how people dressed then, the decorations. Recently I saw a video of making of Persepolis which showed all that. It was beautiful. For the rest of world, Alexander may be the “Great”, for us Persian he was a destroyer, wild thug who destroyed this beautiful city.
No one in modern history can come close to religious fanatics out of the wonderful world of Islam for desecration of ancient artifacts they deem pagan.
But the Persians always invaded Greece, so Alexander just had to invade Persia as well, though, If I'm not mistaking Thais Athens burned the city herself
@@pfranks75 The Persians weren't Muslims you rude flatulent person, they speak Farsi or Urdu today. They are the original Aryans - never mind 'Caucasians'. They are not Arabs nor speak Arabic as their native language - they were conquered by the 'Arabs' or Muslims you are thoughtlessly throwing at Amirah - for no comprehensible reason.
What other languages do you speak? One, correct?
Persians you meet often will speak 3-4. Arabic, Farsi or Urdu, French, and English.
You do have the market cornered on y'all, though.
Dear Amirah, please ignore rude [people such as Patti below. She has not one clue as to what she is talking about.
What was Xerxes trying to do?
This was a fantastic documentary. I really enjoyed the passion of the man and woman who led the audience through this magical journey. ♥️🙂
I've always wondered why anyone would want to raise Alexandria to the ground. The Greek sacking of Persepolis is a very compelling reason. What a city, what a culture, what a crime.
Uhh the library of Alexandria was accidentally burned by a certain man from the roman house of your name.
alexander burned persepolis because the persians burned athens. its a cycle of revenge
As a Persian from the same province of Persepolis, when ever I see and hear the history of this ruined Grate Empire, my tears runs down, wish I had a power to rebuild all of it like new
At the beginning he says it is one of the remaining mysteries of ancient civilisations. Are you kidding me, there is so much about our past Civilizations that we have no idea about. We have only scratched the surface.
We know our history, they just lie about it. If you don't know, then you aren't looking in the right places.
@@joepublic5469 no you were lied too about history.. you know what you were conditioned to know... then you have what they know that none of us will know along with what we all don't know which is greater than what we think we know.. got it??
yep, 300.000 years of history we barely know nothing of, will be pretty amazing when new technology are created to discover new stuff
The Greek called anyone who didn't speak Greek a Barbarian. The very term meant just that, "someone who doesn't know Greek".
These people were considered culturally less sophisticated because of course (and every culture in the world does this) they considered their own culture superior to others.
No doubt the Persians thought the same of the Greeks, and the Egyptians of the Romans, the Romans of the Egyptians, etc. etc.
@boo boo It didn't, not in ancient Greece, where they'd never had contact with that part of Africa.
It meant people who spoke gibberish.
Duckthing you are so far out I can only assume you are trolling. 'Barbarian' meant pretty much what it does today, not "someone who doesn't know Greek". It was a Greek word but they got it from the Arabs. The Barbary Coast meant something like 'The Coastal Lands of the Barbarians'. The Greeks were in absolutely constant contact with 'that part of Africa'. All this stuff is so easy to find out, from regular, reliable, history sites.
Yeah but these days it bears negative connotations.
CaptainDuckman, A bit like the way any country today that refuses to accept the capitalist hegemony is routinely, called a "despotic regime" by the mafias media machine.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 even in those days it was meant to have negative connotations. It justified invasion and plunder. Killing people who you label as inferior is a very powerful method of propaganda.
With so much hatred Greeks had against Persians, when Alexander the ugly invaded Persia and destroyed Persepolis and put an end to empire, when they settled in Persia, they began to act like Persian kings. Alexander wore Persian clothing etc. This repeated during the history. Iran is perhaps the country most invaded. But, whoever invaded Iran and defeated our army eventually lost to Persian culture. They all became eventually Iranians.
This channel always goes over the top with adds.
In the pre-Islamic period it was a culture of great knowledge, art, music and tolerance.
Islam didn't exist in the pre-Islamic period, so how can you have a pre-Islamic period? Duh!
Lol what their is not a single great intellectual worthy of admiration for originality in ancient Persia, it was only after Islam that Iran became civilized, where were the attars, Hafez, Saadi, rumi (most of whom are sunnis) in ancient Persia huh
I know it was! But radical religious zealot took over.
Saad Rizvi interesting stuff.
Saad Rizvi Additionally with Islam cane great terror. The execution of Mostafa Salehi, poor guy had two young kids, and his only crime was protesting. Any Iranian who claims to still be Muslim is denying their true culture. How can you turn a blind eye to when terror is committed like that?
I love how they were tolerant of others culture and I'm a gardener I did not know they invented formal gardens
King Cyrus was one of the best. His saga is written in the Book of Daniel of the Bible. As, is all of the Medes and Persians after the fall of Babylon all the way up to today Who is ruling in Rome..
It turned out to be their demise.
They weren’t as tolerant as they claimed to be. Read Daniel.
There were many types of gardens as well as gardeners. The Persians weren't the first.
@@coolgirlfrozenfeet no need to read, of course their will be some hardliners
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you made me very proud, as someone who is in exile it is beautiful to hear praising words about my heritage considering the recent corrupt regime
Watching this makes me both proud and depressed. Look at what we once were and look what we are now. The worst thing that happened to Iran was the Muslims conquests.
True but don't forget. It was mongols who destroyed all of ancient Persian libraries. Imagine if we didn't lose all of those historical information. Iran just needs to be non religious country.
Eli za Yea but my anger can’t go that far back. Also Alexander the Great ruined Persepolis. I’m trying to focus on our recent issues. Iran was on its way to being a prosperous nation under the Shah. I also never said that Islam is evil. My response reply was not recorded and is somehow lost. I meant to say that regular Muslims rarely speak up when acts of violence or atrocities are committed. We need more people speaking up.
@@nostalgia545 I agree, I'm not defending Muslim at all nor hate them, I just dislike Islam. Their are good muslims and bad ones like every other religion or race. The ones who speak up are the ex muslims or non practicing ones, thank goddess for that at least. Overall, iran needs to let go of Islam or at most stop being an Islamic state. The Shah wasn't that great but he was way better than what Iran has now. Shah's father was the one who turned Iran around and helped people, he did a lot for iranians and for Iran.
Eli za The Shah gave women the right to vote before they even asked for it in 1963. American women have only had the right to vote for 100 years since August 26, 2020. Alice Paul and other suffragettes went to jail and were force fed when they rejected food. They only got the right to vote after Tennessee became the 26 state to pass the law to give women the right to vote and congress then enacted it. Imagine the Shah, who many call a dictator, giving women the right to vote without all that fighting and campaigning that Alice Paul did. Additionally he made it illegal for a man to have more than one wife. This was so that women from religious families wouldn’t be forced into it against their will. We can’t just give them the choice to be a second wife since some women might not have the choice. Finally, he made the hijab illegal. He gave women the chance to have freedom without pressure form their families. To me he was a feminist before the word feminist even existed. His wife built a colony for those suffering from leprosy to give them the chance to live good lives without infecting others. These are things many people don’t know about the Shah and people just criticize him because it’s the easy thing to do.
@@nostalgia545 bravoo❤ but just last thing, he shouldn't have made hijab illegal because it's not freedom.
Good God what splendor.
The more I study Persian history the more and more I'm blown away with what I discover.
I can help you out, brother! anytime you want.
Same here.
Did you see that king Nebuchadnezzar is black with curly hair like that Nubian was described ?
@@siyabongabhongoza939 my God......just be silent.
@@perozparsa5561 y would you silence something that amuse u ? that weird ! lol
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She is so smart, I really like her. All the way through the documentary she is so sharp and down to the point, without losing herself in detail.
Greatest documentary ever seen. You are truly transported back in time across the seas of history
I went here in 2000. Amaxing place. Still so awe inspiring in ruins.
Wow it looks huge
Right back at the start when we were viewing the ruins for the first time I was strongly reminded of Karnak (until we got to the winged beasts). But that trip to the middle east didn't include Iran - and oh how I wished it had (still do but at that time borders were closed - hopefully some day)
Wow. I envy you dude.
I'm Iranian Indian, my father was a refugee from Kazerun, Fars, Iran. I hope to visit Takht-e-Jamsheed/Persepolis some day. The current regime and I would disagree on most things, but I'd like to see the city regardless.
Are you a parsi then?
@@edwardkumarkenway1875 no, sir/ma'am. Atheist.
@@rustomkanishka you live in india right now?
We are nothing like our regime, I assure you you will have a great time in Iran.
@@adzz21 yes, sir/ma'am. My late mother was also Indian and I'm a citizen of Bharat.
As a Persian from Afghanistan I appreciate this video very much, it felt very unbiased.
I wish i respected history more when i was young..im so into now...n wish i could go back n be a geologist, archeologists, and be part of ancient discovery. I wish i knew why im so into it now. So amazing