Why were the Iranian Empires so Successful?
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Iranian civilization is among the most ancient and its empires were some of the earliest and strongest in history. In this animated historical documentary we will describe how and why the Iranian empires were so strong and stable, going over the administrative system which dominated the region for thousands of years.
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Sources:
Joshua M. Steinfeld - The Achaemenid Empire’s contributions to Public Administration
Ali Farazmand - Administration of the Persian Achaemenid world-state empire
Rosario Munson - Who are Herodotus’ Persians?
Matt Waters - Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BC
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Battles are without doubt enjoyable to cover, but there is something uniquely interesting about things like this to me. I hope you guys feel the same. :)
Appreciate everything you guys do
The nuts and bolts of how a civilization functions and deals with disasters and threats is truly fascinating.
It is truly interesting
@@innerparty1 Yeah I love to see what they did right and what they did wrong. It's super interesting how close they are in succeeding, but it's very hard because there isn't really much for old civilizations to copy from. We are lucky, but if we forget their history we will share their faith.
it is really interesting when you compare it with what we have today
Cyrus the Great is pretty underrated as far as historical figures go. He seriously deserves the title as "The Great" more than a lot of historical figures that was given that title.
Fuck yeah ....ooooopethhhhh
Well, yes, that's why he was given the title. What the hell do you want, them to call him "Cyrus the Even Greater Than Everyone Else?"
@@willnill7946 how else will you establish law and order? stability is necessary for great ideas to flourish. killing the neighbouring kings was a way to establish stability. the sartrap system upholded local customs so that the elite that wasn't Persian/median wouldn't rebel and start civil war. that's pretty genius. a bigger market means a more diverse circulation of wealth. relative more prosperity for all of those living near the centres of commerce. having a bad harvest? ship some extra grain surplus over from Egypt so that the people in mesopotamia don't starve. for the first time in history people weren't completely handed over to the forces of nature. hence zoroastrianism was able to promote the idea of free will. without big empires these ideas would not be written down. it simply goes against tribal/clan ideas of life. that's why they call him Great
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Jews called him a Messiah which would translate to “the [divinely] anointed one” so yeah...
Be proud of your culture and history, dear iranic people, and keep fighting for it, and that at all costs ! From a Greek, with respect.
I like greece and the greeks.
Malala!!
Greeks are Persians relative,we share many things but we also fought on so many things
Thank you I hope Greeks and Persians live in peace
@@Ishi79 yo man what are u smoking
@extrs large I'm not an Arab. Even the ottomans never existed. Shithead the British have not saved anyone, they have invaded land all over the world and have made fake countrys like Turkey.
Greetings to my Persian brothers from Scheher Sarajevo in Bosnia. We still do not forget the help your great and ancient nation provided to our people during our struggle for independence. You trained our armies so they could fend off the Serbo-Croat onslaught against our country. We are forever in your debt. Long live the ancient, peaceful and honorable Iranian people!
I like Bosnia.
Byw, do you play Dota?
Dota 2, warcraft...?!!
My best friend in elementary school in Tehran, Iran was a Bosnian kid from Sarajevo. Truly cultured and lovely family:)
The great paladin,)
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except that it was and still is, their country as well. You're only 50% of the population...guess who's the other 50%? ah yes, the same Serbs and Croats you mentioned.
You might conquer Iran but their people will conquer your system from inside out. It's just like Greece in the roman empire, or ptolemaic egypt, they're so culturally rich it's impossible to replace their systems and traditions and you end adopting them yourself.
Well every military superpower in Eurasia at least tried to conquer Persia.
@@gryf92 depending on what you count as a superpower, charlomane didn't and neither did the Austrian empire. I don't know if the Chinese ever thought of a plan to conquer Iran, I think they were mostly interested in central Asia. The Japanese didn't try to conquer Iran and was far from their sphere of influence, so.... I'd say many empires in Eurasia have tried to conquer Iran but only those which were sufficiently big or sufficiently near to Iran, which happens to be many, because of the strategic position of Iran as bridge from the Levant and Europe to eastern Asia, especially China and india.
@@alejandroojeda1572 china and Iran are formidable allies. There the pillars of the eastern civilization as a whole. Their friendship is eternal.
or like Rome was to the Germanic tribes that conquered it, "Holy Roman Empire"
aniketh anagawadi they did have a chance to do so when the Tang went to assist the last Sassanid royalty to retake Persia, if they didn’t just stop and kill the Turks instead
'Increasing corruption'
'Overtaxation'
'Mindset of invincibility'
'Frivolous luxury of the elite'
How times have changed...right?
its literally the same
The recipe of ashes!
Why does everyone think that our time is different .. do you really think you live a better life than anyone in old civilizations ? .. (apart from europe medival and health care ) .. they enjoyed life and adventure , food , family and friends ( the quality of your life is determined by how good your relationships are solely ) .. our time is like any time .. technology is just a feature in it .
The reason alexander conquered the empire so easily by defeating persians in every battle he fought, alas
@@user-og1dw7hn1i technology makes it way easier to stay in touch with friends and family.
Much love and respect to our Iranian brothers and sisters from Armenia.
We love you too we love Armenians. 2 old ancient friends we will support you forever ❤ ♥
Armenian people are truly one of the best people in the world❤
Nice video. I always admire the history of Persian, i dont like how the movie like Sparta 300 arrogantly demonized the Persian. Respect from China.
Because Spartans were the protagonist
@@mackienzykahl But they have demonized the Persia making it look like a tyranny but the reality was it was not.
@@ebparsa "Really, Jews? After everything we did for you?"
Hollywood demonizes almost all people who aren't white. It demonizes Asians, Africans, Latinos, Arabs, Turks, Afghans,…, etc
I think 300 was more or less supposed to be like "What if the Ancient Spartan's could make a movie showing their perspective in an exaggerated hero's fantasy"
Much respect from a Greek to the glorius Persian History and civilization and to the friends Iranians. Trully a nation of empires!!
thax my brother! love and greetings to you♡
More respect form a iranian/armenian to ❤👍greekian population ,we are one family
@mehrdad baradaran long live Persia 🇮🇷
Much love and respect from Ur Aryan brother India 🇮🇳😘
@mehrdad baradaran
The main reason they do so is because they learn generally more local History
The same way an Indian man could probably tell me all about the Mughal empire and Persia and A European wouldn’t know
And a European could tell you of the war of Spanish succession , the napoleonic wars , Rome , or the battle of Hastings and an Indian man would know nothing
That’s generally how it goes
As a European I personally almost nothing about the American revolution whilst an American could probably spend an hour explaining every detail of it lmao
Your quite mistaken if you think the west is this evil Eurocentric system when in reality it isn’t
Just do history in College and university and you’ll learn about almost all great empires of history such as China , Japan Mongols , Mughals , Persians , ottoman , Endless European wars and countries , colonialism etc etc
And unlike what for some reason many people think
No colonialism and the European colonial empires aren’t portrayed in good ways and supported , that’s a ridiculous claim
They’re either betrayed as evil slave traders or take a more balanced accurate approach of teaching both the good and bad of the empires
But back to the topic , yes you learn mutch more than just European empires in the west
And the main reason the west usually focuses on the Greeks and Romans is because of the heavy cultural Effects it has today
Even in the medieval ages a man may know of the legend of the Spartan and definitely of the great Roman Empire
Same way Middle Eastern countries focus of their local empires such as Persia or the great Muslim caliphate or the Turkish Migrstion , because hey all have Heavy culture influence that last till today
Same in Japan with them knowing 9f the legendary samurai , the Shogunates systems , the “age of the country at war” and the Imperial and Shogunate civil war
Etc etc
thankyou brother,the GREEK is nation of art and philosophy,we love you❤
16:26 "The Persians ruled for a thousand years and did not need us Arabs even for a day. We have been ruling them for one or two centuries and cannot do without them for an hour."
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad Caliph
The source or the book please .
Because the umyyad never use any persian as i know .
The abbasit have use some persian .
Persian culture is superior to most cultures out theres.
@@hamidmj7928 No one had any knowledge of "science" as we define it in modern times until the 1600s or so. There were isolated instances of innovation and organic growth in knowledge, but no systematic method for testing nature and developing new things. But yes, there was certainly innovation in mathematics and other fields coming from the ottoman empire during the middle ages. The Library of Baghdad by the Abassids was impressive, and also collected and preserved a lot of ancient works. And we are all grateful for it.
Bahador Alast His mother was a Persian, so I doubt the validity of his claim
@Yousef Ghaneemah Arabs made modern science? HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! you are a dead-brain fool! 99% of the so called Islamic science has been done in Iran and by Iranian scientists, so how about you go and fuck yourself?
Iranians are unparalleled in so many ways. The most ancient civilisation in the world, the most highly developed public administration and laws, their most magnificent architecture and art, innovations such as postal system, irrigation - just to mention few areas. Their contribution to the human heritage is unique and vast. I salute them with the highest respect .Love from Somalia.
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Unfortunately and sadly due to the hateful relations with the Western countries Iran is being demonized even though is the cradle of our civilization
@@chitskirits the "cradle of civilisation" Iran has been gone for so long now
Thank you so much
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As an American, I really appreciate this as a reminder of deep, if indirect, similarities between Iranian and American systems of society and government.
Are you a native american?
@@defiscanner1927 no lol.
as Thomas Jeferson wanted Cyrus style of free down and governing for USA ( some one find out that"s the way to go)
Greetings to our Iranian friends from China! You have a fascinating history to be proud of: the Parthian Empire, the Sassanids, the Safavid Empire, and Afsharids. Not to mention the Achaemenid Empire, which I would consider as the first true superpower of the entire human history.
It's really impressive to learn that ancient Persians developed a unique and quite practical way to balance the pros and cons of centralization and decentralization.
Hello to all chinese from iran.we have a respect to you and your great civilization too
@@darknesslight9630 Thanks mate.
@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु I am referring to a particular nation instead of group of people. Indo Aryans/Vedic Aryans in your post were groups of people(ethnicity) that formed many small nations but not a unified, single empire with immense size and managed to project power in various regions.
@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ten_Kings You are referring to this battle? I have heard Rigveda though but very cursively. It's surprising to learn some belligerents were associated with Persian, Scythian, and etc. Even us Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang acknowledged the presence of one of the kingdoms. So I guess that's the reasoning for you. But documents at that time were quite scarce and we all know India split to 16 kingdoms shortly afterward until the unification by a true superpower I would be confident to acknowledge, the Maurya Empire. But still, thank you for the extra information. Maybe you can help assess the info below?
Proofs:
1. War broke out between 10 kingdoms with large scale battles involved. (Thus not a small skirmish.)
2. Some of the kingdoms were associated with Persian, Scythian. One confirmed by Chinese. So diplomatically it was influential around the world instead of a purely civil war in the subcontinent.
3. A king managed to subdue other kings in the end, thus making him the de-facto king of kings or having an equivalent amount of prestige and power of an emperor.
Skepticism:
1. India not truly unified into one empire with a powerful central government, but rather loosely bounded by the personal prestige of the winning king.
2. India split shortly afterward, making the achievement very short-lived before managing to expand outwards to other regions in Eurasia until the Maurya Empire.
3. Not enough documentation especially serious historian accounts besides oral sagas like Rigveda.
The More I learn about ancient Persia, The more fascinated I am.
Makes you wonder why no one talks about them.
Because most history books are Euro-Centric, which is really sad.
Well actually a lot of people talk about them. Some education systems are more comprehensive than others.
Kartik Padmanabhan thanks but because of anti-iranian sentiment of USA, they vilify us instead.
@@rezakolahdouzan3440 even in my country many people say iran is the enemy. But i always ask why and they can never tell me why usually the only thing is "their religion is awful" then i ask them about the hypocracy of our western world and the saudis. And its like oh they are allies. I mean its all a mess to me
@@saeedvazirian ive heard many "conspiracies" why. One is that iran doesnt want to be part of americas world order. Which is why usa invaded iraq, fucked up syria, lybia and egypt by distabilising their goverments because they didnt want to either.
The other is that many of the ancient sites hold secrets western historians and goverments or those in power of these puppets want gone or for themselves. Ancient knowledge and proof that humanitys past is so much bigger and richer. But they prefer this linear everything started here and now where here at the top everything is great dont asl questions.
I dont know what the truth is.
Iranians have alot to be proud of,a great history of cultural development that helped spread civilization to the world.
Many thanks for your kindness.
All of us Iranians just want to spread love and peace as our ancestors like Zarathustra did
@Navid Soleimani sure, but it's a civil problem that we should deal with it by ourselves, no need to tell about it to foreigners
@- EVIL first of all I don't represent our shitty regime here, secondly these mullahs are not originally Iranian (but arabs) and they are making Iranians suffering a lot, thirdly where the hell were you when saddam hossein invaded iran and made us fought for 8 years?, where the hell were you when your country bombed iran with chemical weapons?
@- EVIL cause he invaded and destroyed many of our cities, so you want to deny this?
Its like winning the cultural victory in civ
Incredibly enough, that's exactly how Persia is played in Civ 6. And they're one of the best civs for it. Even Rome's abilities can be seen as a lower-tier version of the Persians.
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Outstanding stuff. Would love to see more of these more specific organisation videos on eastern civilisations as well as Rome and Greece !
Your videos are awesome too!
Great work by both History Time and Kings and Generals. You are both hereby dubbed Shahanshah of all UA-cam Lands.
I would love to see early 18th century America to 1900s to modern times and how far away we have gone from what the founding fathers intended. The size of government would make them very afraid for the direction we (and the West as a whole) is going. It's like Rome on 5x speed.
Great work on your videos as well, History Time. I'm loving your Anglo-Saxon and Norman series.
Your videos are amazing as well! Keep up the great work.
Korosh Kabir ( Cyrus the Great) was one of the greatest strategists of all time. He is one of the few who truly deserve the epithet of "Great". Cyrus was precisely the opposite of the "Principe" idealized by Machiavelli.
While Rome was still only a insignificant city-state in Lazio during the governments of the Kings Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus; Cyrus had aldready founded the first global Empire in history. With the exception of Egypt ( which was conquered and defeated by his son Cambyses II at Pelusium, transforming it in the new satrap of Mūdraya), Cyrus defeated and conquered three of the four major empires that controlled the Middle East and Asia Minor in the VI century BCE: Lydia under Croesus ( the main power of Anatolia and the traditional enemy of the Medes); Babylon ( the largest city of the Middle East, Which was already in decline since Nebuchadnezzar's death), and Astyages' Media ( the Empire that destroyed Niniveh and put an end to the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC).
• Lydia would become the satrapies of Yaunā ( which included Ionia and Caria) and Sparda ( Lydia itself, whose capital was Sardis).
• Media would become the satrapie of Māda.
• Babylon ( Bābirūs), on the other hand, would become the richest satrapie of all.
As for Egypt, pharaoh Psamtik III ( the last pharaoh of the XXVI dynasty), inherited an isolated Empire in the political context of the Middle East. The Persian conquests of Lydia ( 546 BC); Media ( 549 BC); and Babylon ( 539 BC) during the rule of Pharaoh Amasis, however, left Egypt completely isolated ( which the final blow was Cambyses' conquest at Pelusium).
Following Croesus' defeat at the Battle of Thymbra, the conquest of Lydia and Ionia by Cyrus ( now the Turkish provinces of Īzmir; Aydin; Uşak and Manisa), in turn, were a considerable blow against the Ionian Greeks ( and especially for the Twelve cities-states of Ionia):
• Miletus/Μίλητος ( "the cradle of philosophy"/Το λίκνο της φιλοσοφίας);
• Ephesus/Έφεσος;
• Teos/Τέως;
• Klazomenai (Κλαζομεναί);
• Myus/Μύος;
• Colophon/Κολοφώη;
• Priene/Πριήνη;
• Erythrae/ Έφνεραι;
• Phocaea/Φώκαια;
• Lebedus/Λέβεδος;
•Chios/Χίος;
• Samos/Σάμος.
In addition of Ionia; Lycia ( now the Turkish provinces of Antalya and Mūgla); Cilicia ( now the Turkish provinces of Adana and Osmaniye), and Phoenicia ( which would become the base of the Persian fleet under Darius) were also conquered by Cyrus and his major general Arbaku ( Harpagus).
The Empire created by Cyrus and consolidated by Darius ( Darāyavahush) laid the foundation for all subsequent Empires. The administration of the Empire in satraps/provinces, for example, was adopted by the Roman Empire in its PROVINCIAE ( provinces). In addition, the TOTAL respect of the Achaemenid Empire for the customs; religions and traditions of the conquered peoples ( something unpublished until that time), however, were NOT a political game, but it was thanks to the strong Zoroastrian influence. By Zoroastrian Influence, slavery was abolished in the Achaemenid Empire ( something unthinkable for the Greeks, Assyrians; Egyptians, and Babylonians). The Achaemenid Empire, in my view, was not only really GREAT in military, territorial and cultural matters, but also morally.
Very informative! Thanks for sharing.
@@farhanahmed2508 You're welcome
Well said my man
From what I’ve previously read, you’re on point. That’s a well thought out comment, good job.
Respect Iranian culture from Turkey
as a Persian from Germany, I would like to say: Turkish people are very Lovely people and honest about their emotions. When a Turk is happy, he or she will make sure everyone around them is able to feel it too.
I love Turkish songs,
Sezen Aksu. Ahmet Kaya, Candan Ercetin, Ibrahim Tatlıses
I Love Ataturk and remember him with respect.
Turkey is a special place for its architecture, rich history, unforgettable food, vibrant arts and culture scene ...
Hi, Shahin is a persian name means falcon. There was a great sassanian general named Shahin Bahman Zadegan
@@mgr1282 we were also conqured iran in history we take many words from there language just like they did it from us even today more than %40 of Iran's population is made of azeri turks so it is normal
@@tezcanuyank3446 you conquered Iran?! you were conquered by seljuk turks and were turkified by them. Before Ghaznavids and Seljuks there were no turk population in the middle east and Iran, Anatolia, ... .
@@yldz9342 yes, really. original turks are from somewhere in ceteral asia, near china. they are similar to eastern asian. most of people of turkey are just turk in language, not with blood. like egyptian that aren't really arab. these archaeological findings that you said is just part of that turkification process.
Ive always wanted to check out Isfahan. Crossroads of history.
Flash Point History yes, it is beautiful. I backpacked there before. Awesome buildings
There is little pre-islamic ancient sites left in the city, although it is magnificent. I suggest going to Persepolis first.
We are pleased to meet you in Iran.
very beautiful city
in Isfahan there is always more germans & Dutch as I always see
I think this video is a "must watch" for those who have watched 300 .
*For those whom have watched 300 and thought it was a documentary. FTFY. I geek out for Roman and Greek shit, but I was infuriated at how Xerxes and the Immortal Imperial Guard were portrayed.
@@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016 I do not believe the aim of that movie was to distort history, but instead to portray Herodotus' devilish, understandably biased portrayals of the Persians, compared to his saintly native Greeks.
yes the least historically accurate movie after ... scratch that least historically accurate of all time.
Yeah for all that moralizing the Spartans do about slavery in 300, turns out their society was built upon it and while I'm sure it still existed in the Persian Empire, it was at least frowned upon in Zoroastrianism
You used whom wrong, you're only supposed to use it when it could mean something like "to who". Like "to whom 300 was of interest".
Love to Iran from south lebanon❤❤
Wassim Atrissi love from Tehran
@@sepehr2312 Salaam fellow Oryx
i would loved lebanon too if they subjugate their own people and help another country LOL
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Love to Lebanon 🇱🇧❤from capital of 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
The first powerhouse Iranian empire, known as the Achaemenid Persian Empire, was the first multicultural, properly run and administered empire in world history. Everyone from the Romans and Greeks to men like Alexander the Great, Thomas Jefferson, Hegel and Nietzche cited it as the premier empire in world history and the "template" for all other empires that followed it. Whether you like the country or not, Iran has one of the most utterly glorious histories ever right up there with Greece. Class.
Thanks for telling truth, I'm Persian and above 80 percent of iranian people today don't care about Islam and this government's bullshits
@@noblenormie1179 just a bunch of sandis khors like you, and being Muslim with force of sword has no pride, since long times ago great minds and scholars like khayyam's philosophy or sufism shows that there were always people who weren't Muslim, and if iran is suffering today is because of people like you, people who let others use their foolishness
@@hosseinsadeghi2468 dada eyval
Khob ridy be namosesh
Iran has fascinating histoy, one of the cradles of civilization
Always been curious about the Iranian empires, they always end up sidelined in another culture's historical context but they have had an immense impact on European and Asian histories.
Not really, it’s just the west has a Eurocentric view on history, so by default, any non-European civilization is only ever anecdotally discussed in limited context to whichever European civilization is being focused on. The fact that Persia keeps coming up in those discussions is a testament to its influence and legacy.
Persia was basically the middle world between Europe, India and China for centuries, and they had a massive effect on both Europe and Asia alike. But because of western Euro-centric history this is usually completely ignored and overlooked. To be fair tho most civilizations in the world record and teach their history in a ethno-centric way.
@@gdi1093 All groups, including yours, have their own -centric views on history.
@@dezmonasg6708 not sure what the point of this comment is, but yes…?
@@gdi1093 what
As a Iranian Zoroastrian I am very proud of my peoples history
All religion are cancer
The gathas are very beautiful and full of wisdom. Most Iranians respect zoroastrians very much. I am sorry about government behaviour.
@@kavehmoshtagh9376 but majority of irani are now shia muslim
@@A_Shanto i am Iranian. There is no "but", they are shia and respect zaratoastians very much, except for few zealots.
But it got shit after the Arab invasion. I would make Iran Zoroastrian if I was the head of the throne. From a fellow Persian.
I'm from India.
My Favorite Ancient Civilization will always be Persian Civilization !!!
and my favorite country other than Iran is India. I love it just like Iran
@Shem Naga i pity you.
@Shem Naga go and hunt some dogs
@@heydaddy2471 he'll be happy with goats
@@discreetninja they love eating dogs tho, you should check out their culture
Hello, I am Iranian, thank You For this
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Hey are u muslim? Hi
@@zccau2316 in Iranian most of the people are not Muslim in real, I live in the Tehran and I'm not Muslim but when you born in iran they write Muslim in your documents
@@hosseinsadeghi2468 Damn that is so messed up. Also can I ask you something? Do you know how Iran became mostly Shia?
@@zccau2316 since safavid dynasty(they had turkic routes) , they put the shia Islam as the official religion of iran (Persia) and it was also mandatory (by force), btw im those times there were persons like omar khayyam or rumi who said in their poetry that they have no certain religion and they're seeking for truth
Here are some of the ROME II and Attilamods which we used in this video:
Mods:
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Doomon15's Ancient Babylon (Attila)
Best wishes,
Malay Archer ڤمانه ملايو
How is that self branding? He didn't make those mods?@Godtuber Adibu
@Godtuber Adibu just because he comments on every video doesn't mean he brands himself. If he asks for subs however, then that would be different
Godtuber Adibu Dude he isn’t self branding, and even if he was (which he isn’t) why do you care?
@Godtuber Adibu How are my comments got to do with promoting my own channel?
I create machinima content for K&G hence why I always mentioned Total War mods for every K&G videos that I did for them.
Edit: He deleted his comments but oh well.
@@MalayArcher Dude it's cool. I'll like to thank you for everything you done. And for informing me of these mods
Iran is at the crossroad of many cultures. So, lots of ideas and traditions enriched them for centuries. From administration to culture to religion to arithmatics, Iranians contributed a lot to ancient human advancement. They had an impact on chinese culture, on later mongols (and mughals of Indian subcontinent), on arabs, and on ancient greeks. As always, loved your content👍👍
You definitely convinced me that I should give a deeper look on the History of the Aechemenid's Empire ^^
Great respect for the ancient peoples of Iran. Our civilizations Indian and Persian have had great relations from the beginning of history itself.
Plus we have the same ancestry
@@mohammadaminvali3363 نه داداش فقط با قسمتی از هند شمالی شباهت فرهنگی و خویشاوندی داریم
@@kyvansalari3641 یا یک سری اقوام هندی مثل جات ها میدونم
Im glad that we have such a historical great neighbor like Iran
We are always support you from Armenia 🇦🇲 🇮🇷✌🏼
Armenian was always our brothers! Armenians have a great culture too!
Suren Kalantarian Iran must support only Azerbadjan.
wolfstudio armenia is depended country and soon will be destroyed. Armenians hate muslims and they can't be frend of muslims
@@alexeltita Indeed. It's Time for Aryans to follow Aryan Religion. & Kick the Religious slavery of Arabs out of Iran.
fire Sodiqov Armenians don’t hate any religion
Im Christian myself and i respect all religions
I knew that one azeri butthurt kid will be triggered about this but let’s talk with facts
This azeri thinks that Armenians hate Muslims(out of logic because many Muslim people saved Armenians, especially Arabs when ottomans did genocide of Armenians in 1915
Why we should hate Muslims ?
I even have Muslim friends
Armenia have 4 neighboring countries 4/3 are officially Islamic Countries- Turkey,Iran,Azerbaijan
Btw Azeris not even religious they are not following Qurhan
Love iran from lebanon 🇱🇧❤🇮🇷 you're culture and history are my favorites love it🤩🤩and one of my biggest dream is to tast persian lamb kebabs🤤
Lots of love from Iran 💙💚
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المترديه والنطيحه
Growing up in Canada, history class went back to the late 1600's when we "discovered" Canada. I am always in awe when I find out more of the history from places in the "old" world. Persia is so fascinating! Their system of governance seems similar to our modern one in many ways. I always attribute our system of gevernance to the Iriquois. Perhaps they learned it from ancient Iranians?
Thanks, Im an Iranian Canadian and love the intellectual Canadians like you
I also show respect to Indigenous people, but it was the Anglo Saxon civilization who built the infrastructure in Canada, Anglo Saxon got their civilization from Rome, Rome got it from Greece, Greece got administrative skills from Persia and Persia from Babylon
I'm Iranian and live in Canada :)
When Persian's empire got conquered, they Persianized the conquerors!😄😄
Giau Animazion just like china!
They didn't Persianise the Arabs but the other Iranian peoples. Same empire does not mean same people
Turks conquered Iran they became more persian then persian ppl
If only that happened with the Seljuks when they came to Anatolia
@@varangiangaming7178 And with Safavids too, also with Kwharezmians and Gaznavids, all of them were turkic but later persianized
Persians are on of the empires that mastered statecraft.
I would too give my goat for a t-shirt
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Used as the US postal service motto, this was actually the way Greek historian Herodotus praised the Persian postal messengers.
beutifull
I think it was an Arab leader who said something like "the Persians managed for a thousand years without us but after a few decades we can't do without them"
He was abbasid caliphat maamun
@@ehsanm4419
A.K.A the worst abbasid caliph.
@@user-dl5ln3wd6f Yeah he also punished Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Rahimullah
Really?
Didn't know that.
his mom was persian though
I love my country and its great past history 🇮🇷❤️🇮🇷🙌
@Drone Time no
They also influenced the abbasid caliphate, it had a very heavy Persian influence
And were themselves deeply influenced by the much older Mesopotamian civilizations.
Hassan Abdulsalam
And the Arab Umayyad Caliphate was succeeded by the... Arab Abbasid Caliphate.
Persians did participate in the administration, but so did the Babylonians in the Achaemenid Empire :
www.iranicaonline.org/articles/babylonia-i
They also deeply influenced the culture of that same empire :
www.iranicaonline.org/articles/babylonia-ii
So there's an even better case to say that Babylonians "built the Persian Empire" if we go by this logic.
Hassan Abdulsalam
No it also included many Khurasani Arabs who had moved there during the times of the early Arab conquest. And after that the Abbasids came to rely on Turks in their army, does this mean that the Caliphate had become Turkish ? This is doubtful.
Again there's a better case to be made that Babylonians built the Persian Empire.
@Hassan Abdulsalam They were called Abbasids, for God sake..ie. descendents of Abbas, the uncle of prophet Muhammad. They were Arabs - Quraish clan to be more exact.
@Hassan Abdulsalam back then it was depend more on religion than ethnic
Greetings from Tehran, Iran.
this... i was waiting for a channel to cover this.
*Fun fact:* In Russian, the satrap means = pleb, or commoner, or subject of the royals.
The history and language pretty much are connected.
The Iranians were believed to have been the first proponents of monotheism in human history through Zoroastrianism when the rest of the world were polytheistic. So fun fact #2: in Old Persian the word for God is "Baga" (as seen in cuneiform reliefs at Persepolis in 6th c BCE). In Russian and other slavic languages God is "Bog". The history and language are connected.
@@ClearMindedOne Eastern Russian culture has its connection to Iranian Sarmacian and Scyuthians
That’s because both languages are indo-European so they have/had lots of similar words.
@@veikko7715 That is true but Indo-European is a large demographic including Portugal and England for example. Russian language and culture is closer to Iranian than others. Eastern Russian culture like I said has some genetic relations to Iranians, specially the Scythians and Sarmatians (Pashtoon peoples)
Please do more that covers Iran 💖🤗💖
. Do one about sui dynasty dress of men and women. Nobels and peasent. In your blog
These people made an incredible Empire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Persian culture is truly an amazing culture. One of the best to this day.
@Artere Laksamana Not really, considering that both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires were Persianate states.
@Artere Laksamana E A E A EA Brrrrrrrr.
@Artere Laksamana Unfortunately you need help and I can't provide it.
@Artere Laksamana You speak Turkish too ?
@kings and generals as an Iranian history lover i tell you this, your knowledge of Persian history and its details is amazing. so much that i'm starting to think you studied this in university or you have an Iranian relative! good job, you're doing something great telling our history, i wish you success.
Lot of these topics are not covered by Canadian school systems or even the Universities. Good to see more of a broad range of topics on this channel. Keep up the good work
We will, thanks!
Which university did you attend? Cause UBC had classical studies in first year that covered the accomplishments of the Iranians...
@@syjiang I'm not saying there's not a few outliers with that curriculum but majority as a whole rarely have middle eastern history, other than a small note or mention here and there.
How do you have a spartan helmet in your name tag ?
Yes it’s very true. I attended public school in Canada, and all you’re taught about in the ancient history curriculum is Greek and Roman history, with just a tiny bit of Egypt.
I always find Cyrus's story with the jews kinda heartwarming.
He was a prophet
not just the Jews. tolerance in general. he wasn't obsessed by cultural dominance. very pragmatic. as long as the taxes/tribute were paid everything was all jolly. kind of like the dutch republic in the "dutch golden age"
@@elbouelbouelbou6563 He wasn't.
@حج i like the way u think. but israel is God's people. They are always the winner.
What about Darius who actually supported them and actually built the second temple of Israel.
I really appreciate the videos that branch out from just battles and tactics! Empires were built on logistics and good administration, so thank you for taking the time to focus on these topics, as well as the other videos on specific rulers or stories about their lives.
There will be more. :-)
One of the best Historical channels i've come across in a long long time. Love your use of video games as well! Total war for life.
Naturally, the empire of Media was effective at regulating society;)
Whoah, I admit I gave myself a pat on the back for that pun but this is the most liked comment I've ever made on youtube. Thanks
lmao yes media can do that
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this comment...but, it's glorious.
Imagine getting overthrown by your own grandson. "Nothing personal Pops!"
I see what you did there Matthew 👌
the media are now days kurds and persian are persian ..we still one people in iran
Since I am poor and can’t support you guys on patreon I’ll download the game from your link
Great video as always :)
Thank you
Turks kinda learned Islam through Persians, which allowed them to have a reasonable approach to their conquered territories as well. Seljuks were great admirers of Persian culture and way of administiration, and Ottomans always tried to find a balance between Persian and Roman fascination.
you mean mongols
I agree brother... If we have no adopted this. We would still be having khanate and nomadic cultures... Though as a muslim, i still prefer to call the name "Tangra" instead of "Allah" which is arab for God in origin. As respect to our ancient religion.
@@thegreatkhan9938 Are you joking? Allah is not Tangra! Have some logics!
@@lovelyartin Tengri is the translation of God in Turkic languages or ethnic groups in the steppe. Allah is the Arabic word for God. Im referring to how we call God in our local tongue... If its the God of our pre islamic religion, then he is different from the God of Islam. Still hes called "Tengri" or "Tanri" in local tongue, i prefer to remove arabic terms from my tongue, because turks are not arabs. Yes, were both muslims but not the same ethnic group
@@thegreatkhan9938 Allah is originally Hebrew and Tengri is not Allah! These turks were none-cultured people! They had zero culture! They were just destroying civilizations! They were worse than Kafer!
I've been watching your videos for about two weeks, non stop. Watching it as a Persian, named after Darius The Great, living in the west gives me goosebumps as the Persian music plays and your epic voice accompanies it. Thank you guys, though you are not pronouncing my name correctly.
This was actually something I have been asking myself for a long time! Thank you so much for all your work!
So awesome to see ancient eastern civilizations in your videos. I would love to see more on Iranian peoples like the Scythians and Sogdians.
Thanks, will consider!
Kings and Generals
who taught you of my people?
@@KingsandGenerals wow thanks for replying!
@@KingsandGenerals yea should make a video about Sogdians. The greatest trader of silk road
@dave johnson Its kind of a long story haha...I was born in the USA but have lived in the UK since I was 3 and I'm interested in the subject as I have a degree in Social Anthropology and the Persian Language. I don't have any Persian blood in me at all though!
A very fascinating insight into a very fascinating society. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos in this style on Kings & Generals.
Hey man, as a remaining part of the great sassasnids, I have to thank you for honoring my sassasnid and achamenid ancestors
After Muslim conquest of Persia, many Iranian Zoroastrians come to India and the Sassanid royal family moved towards China. Iranian (known as Parsis in India) can be still found in Mumbai and Gujarat in India
Who care religion fuck off all religion are cancer
Paris? I thought Iranian as known Pars
May be you don't believe on God. But religion is not only about God. Their are many people who don't believe on a religion but believe on God. According to me, religion is something which connects you from a culture and also make you civilised. Their are religions which don't believe on God and soul.
@@monikabhardwaj1796 which religion you follow???
Freddie Mercury :D
I genuinely thank you for the making of this video...
There are not many historic channels that get the facts and details of the once great persian empire correct... And plus not many that even talk about the genuis methods that they used since modern day Iran's reputation has hit the ground
This is some seriously insightful and learned content. Well done!
I learned way more from your videos than my whole family gatherings! Thank you so much!
it's like you read my mind...I'm on my Persia-related-marathon video watching for a couple of days now, and you upload this!
greetings from Croatia!
Tremendous amount of ancient history. Well explained! I wish I was tought like this in school. Love your stuff guys. Cheers!
One of the best videos I’ve seen about Iranian history great job
This channel is amazing! Thanks a lot for all the useful information! Great job!
Being open to new ideas and helped them to learn from many other ancient civilizations such as Babylonia and Egypt. In fact Persian civilization was in extention of them and for sure some modifications.
I'd like to thank you for this fantastic work and I'm so happy to follow your channel.
Good luck
downloaded the game, just to support you! your stuff is awesome. please keep being objective, you will be big
Appreciate it!
These videos are so well done and thoroughly researched I have no choice but to give them 10 out of 10 mark
Funny how the some think Persians were the Barbarians and plucky Greeks were the defenders of democracy. Couldnt be more wrong lol
Especially the Spartans, they fought (and unfortunately won) the 30 year long Peloponnesian war to suppress Athenian democracy
@Tadashi Okazaki Americans have bombed your country and raped your women, but Iran is at war with them, and I promise you that in the next 10 years, both Japan and the US and Europe will be in urgent need of Iran's energy.
@@bluemountain4181 with acheamenid backing. the spartan army was heavily funded by the persians.
Dragon Dimosthenis They conquered a part of Greece, for some time tho. They even burned Athens to the ground. But years later, The Greeks got their revenge.
bardock obama, one of the Darius’ burned Athens but afterwards, he quickly asked it to be rebuilt immediately in a little tint of regret. Alexandre also burnt Persepolis. Tell me. Was it rebuilt right afterwards like the Persians had asked it to be when they burned Athens? Go look at Persepolis right now and there will be your answer. After the Macedonian conquest, Persepolis was never touched again, so you can go see how the Macedonians have left Persepolis to us.
I downloaded the game and liked this video just to help you! I love your narrative and the clips you show during your videos. Keep creating those amazing videos!
Appreciate it!
Again, I wake to good fortune!
This channel never fails. You guys know what the buffs wan't. It's like you can sence it or something.
thank you for making this video ❤️
There was a historian who said that the Islam of India, Central Asia and the Ottoman Empire was a Persian Islam: "Persian civilization, in the Ottomans, made its way to the gates of Vienna".
Just like China, Greece and Rome, Persia continues to persist throughout history.
Love iran and the Iranians ❤❤❤❤
@AHMED where are you from
@@user-jv3mm6vt6e کس کش خیلی تو کونت میزارن که اینطوری میگی اگه مگه کشور مال توعه بیناموس به جای این که تو ایرانی برو تو کشورت ترکیه
I think it’s absolutely fantastic that someone said with a straight face, “and the monsters are designed with great attention to detail.”
This is the kind of in depth content I love finding on UA-cam
I really do enjoy all your videos! Great narration and great animation. What more could i ask? Keep up the awesome work!
Gold and silver were minted for use in the govt. and military economy. While bronze was used in the civilian economy. Sounds like a free-to-play mobile game lol
they knew the power of microtransactions
I love Persian history!
Great video as always!! Absolutely love your channel.
Amazing documentary put together from the start of Persian empire to the end .I really enjoyed the video so much .well done and keep up the excellent wrok
What a beautiful system for the time period
Still waiting on at least one Scottish battle to be in one of your videos but I can be patient. Great video as always! :D
A whole series is on its way, my friend! :-)
@@KingsandGenerals Bro :o
I love the scotts!!! Freedom fighters right there! I hope KG does a video on the glorious Sikh Empire United all religions and having generals who served under napoleon in France who grew glorious beards as generals for the Sikh empire
More of this kind of content! Love it.
This is so awesome, i'll wait with patient a second part of this, even if it never comes i'll wait anyways 'cause i want to learn more with these amazing videos!
What is interesting is that the Persian civil system persisted beyond multiple conquest parallels the experience in China where foreign invaders end up Sinicized and adopting the existing structure.
Shi Yuan Jiang
There's a certain number of differences I think. For one thing; the Chinese civilization is much more self-contained, meaning that it was the only antecedent to itself. Persia on the other hand, like all nations both in the Middle East and Europe, built extensively on the much older heritages of the Near East :
www.iranicaonline.org/articles/babylonia-ii
Another difference is that, thanks to its geographical isolation, China maintained a civilizationnal
continuity starting from the Zhou dynasty (I'm not sure if the Xia has been officially confirmed as historical) and continued throughout history : The Confucian classics continued to be extremely important, the writing system was the same, etc.
The same degree of explicit continuity can't be seen in Middle Eastern nations.
Cyrus T
The one which preceded pre-Islamic Persia by millenia and contributed much more to the intellectual developments of humanity.
Since you didn't bother to read my previous comment, here's an overview of their influence on the civilization of Cyrus in all his "cosmic glory" :
www.iranicaonline.org/articles/babylonia-ii
Oh and by the way Persians did indeed practice slavery :
www.iranicaonline.org/articles/barda-i
Nice try, Cyrus.
@@fis3746 Greetings to our Iranian friends from China! You have a fascinating history to be proud of: the Parthian Empire, the Sassanids, the Safavid Empire, and Afsharids. Not to mention the Achaemenid Empire, which I would consider as the first true superpower of the entire human history.
Long live the King of Kings（Šāhanšāh ） and the Son of Heaven(天子）！
@@heavenwatcher100 Exactly, the Roman Empire copied the Achaemenid Empire's system of using regional governors to rule their vast territories. The Achaemenid Empire also had a smaller slave population then the "enlightened Athenians." Much like how Hollywood today has demonized the peoples of the Far East, the reputation of ancient Persian Civilization is sullied by crap like 300. One day that will change.
@@daryndrake4393 It's called "political correctness" to make fun, distort or even demonize certain ethnics/nations in media. If you remain half-naked to show off muscles in real battles, you couldn't even survive the first wave of arrows. Also, no Persian ruler would dress up in the eerie way of Xeres in the 300 movie. I never take that movie as a serious representation of history. I understand ethnic Iranian would even find this product insulting. So it's really up to the domestic movie industry to build up its soft power and make a fair display.
Yet another fantastic video, but I have to add that the religious aspects played important role in sustainability of Empire.
I think, we have shown that in the video. :-)
Thanks for this excellent video. Great job!
Thank you for watching!
thank you for this informative fascinating vide, and all your efforts
Thank you so very much for your histories of this region. Every one is fascinating and largely unknown in the West. And you do them so very well.
7:57 - I swear I am tempted to send you people a goat, if only to see if you
would send a K&G shirt in return. XD It is these hilarious clever little details
that never fail to make my day. Thank you for the laugh ...
Excellent episode again. I do not regret subscribing at all.
Dew it. :-)
Probably if we want make a video about American history we should use word : sister :)
This was really interesting, thanks!
Channels like this put television to shame. Free, quality informative content with minimal advertising. Bless you, Kings & Generals!
Thanks!
You should do a video on Nader Shah, Founder of the Afsharid Dynasty (Successor to the Safavids) He was One of the Greatest Military Commanders of the 18th Century, Conquered India and Afghanistan, and his life story is worthy of a Hollywood production.
SIdati chbihna he never conquered India or Afghanistan
He sacked Delhi but that was when the Mughal were at their end as for the afghans well they chased the Iranians away
hello to Persian people's from berbers ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵖⴰ north Africa
I find this fascinating! Alot in a very short time, but very informative! This helps my history lessons greatly!❤️👍❗
Thanks for this video.
From Iran❤