How did Achaemenid Persia expand?

How did Achaemenid Persia expand?
It was in this land, around the start of the 7th century BC, that Cyrus the Great - the man who would go on to form the sturdy foundation of the Achaemenid Empire - was born. It is believed that Cyrus was the son of Cambyses I and the grandson of Cyrus I, all preceded by Teispes.
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[@HistoryExplained]

It is no wonder why Alexander the Great admired Cyrus the Great so much. He was an incredible man!

[@macoswatkpop686]

Hi

[@Georgios1821]

He was a great man but Alexander the Great didn't admire him. No Greek would ever admire or aspire to be like a barbarian.

[@benjaminwatt2436]

Cyrus was named as the future ruler of the Persian Empire in Isaiah, 100s of years before his birth. according to legend when Cyrus conquered Babylon, the Jews, who were in exile there, showed him the reference and that is part of why he dealt favorably with them.

[@aryaa7069]

@@benjaminwatt2436 interesting

[@theawesomeman9821]

He was even more liberal and tolerant than the Greeks who despised him.

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

The birth and expansion of the Achaemenid Empire was not only a result of military success, but also of clever and tolerant policies. Many of the previous empires ruled essentially by bullying others into submission, see the Assyrians. The Persians instead most of the times respected the customs and laws of the peoples they conquered, to show themselves as benevolent rulers. Cyrus the Great for example allowed the Jews to return home from Babylon, and despite Cambyses' cruelties and abuses in Egypt the Egyptians kept living as usual, and their temples remained intact. Even the Greeks of Ionia retained a high degree of independence until they rebelled against the empire.

[@nu-nisamiracle2401]

Coz cyrus is a muslim.. so ofc the law on warfare is similar to nowdays islam..

[@miguelpadeiro762]

This is why I respect and like Cyrus so much He created the greatest empire ever seen in an age of barbarism, and yet managed to do it while tolerating conquered peoples and allowing their own traditions and rites to presist under his rule

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

Actually the reason why the Greek colonies in Ionia rebelled is because the Persian satraps installed tyrants, usually outside of their communities to rule the cities. After the Persians crushed the Ionian rebellion they allowed the city states to install their own rulers under their own terms.

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

@@alessandrodelogu7931 Yes and no. Miletus, the ringleader of the rebellion had its adult men executed, the young men castrated, the children and women deported to Bactria, and the city destroyed. Sure, the Assyrians were more bloodthirsty, but the practice of deporting rebellious people to other areas were adopted by the Persians as well. Assyrians were not into genocide though, deportation was their main course of action in dealing with rebellions or with conquered people. When they conquered the Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BC, they did not kill off the Jewish population, part of it they deported to the strongholds in today's northern Iraq, part of it remained there.

[@artinrahideh1229]

@@Kalimdor199Menegroth that rebellion was mostly because of Aristagoras

[@user-en2rg5xq1e]

As a Persian speaker from Afghanistan I am proud that we had such a big empire

[@varjavand6131]

کیرم تو اسلام

[@middleeastrenwarriormen1017]

is right bro !

[@rpd6874]

As an Iranian,i say that Persia is always Iran shahr as it was called, even than only foreigners called it Persia, i would say you sould be proud my Baradar,your are one of us, however your Iran hating non Persian speakers arent LOVE YOU and we are trying to free the Nation

[@user-ht8wu1nd2g]

@@rpd6874 درود برادر عزیز، بنده از افغانستان هستم و باید گفت که تا ما فارس ها دوباره به خود نیاییم و اصل حقیقت خود را در نیابیم برای همیشه همینگونه خوار و ذلیل ترک و تازی و اوغان و ازبک خواهیم ماند، واقعیت امر اینست که پسا اسلام فارس ها روز از روز ضعیف شده رفتند و پسا مغول دیگر اصلن ضرب صفر شده اند، و اینا همش از ندانستن فرهن و تاریخ اصیل این مردم هست که همه در درازنای تاریخ توسط ترکان و تازیان جعل شده اند و حتی امروز اوغان ها در افغانستان و اوزبیک ها در ازبکستان و ترکها و روس ها در قفقاز و آسیای میانه تاریخ و هویت فارس ها را جعل میکنند متاسفانه اوضاع ما هم به اندازه اسفبارهست که هیچ یارای مقاومت و واکنش نشان دادن را نداریم، ایران دست یک گله آخوند تازی هست، افغانستان تحت اشغال پشتون ها،آسیای میانه در گرو ترکان و روسها و تاجیکستان هم که نسبتا مستقل هست به خاطر خط سریلیک تقریبا جز نام دیگر هیچ چیزی از فارسی بودن در وجود شان نمانده

[@rpd6874]

@@user-ht8wu1nd2g افرین برادر به امید خدا یک روز ازادی به همه ی ما پارس ها میرسد

[@theveryproudmoroccan2834]

love iran from morocco!

[@Darius.the.Great_Queen.Atossa]

Greetings from Iran :)

[@cyrusthegreat3178]

Respect ❤️ from IRAN

[@CurbYourEnthusiasm65]

We love Morocco too

[@o1phoenix79]

You didn’t say what the Oracle told Croesus at Delphi @ 3:55 but he was told: “that if he should send an army against the Persians he would destroy a great empire.”

[@hexapodc.1973]

The problem with that is that that interaction was very likely mythologisized

[@The_Fireball]

@@hexapodc.1973 Agreed. But it should be stated at least. Because from a POV of someone who didn't know it skipping it and then commenting on it doesn't make sense.

[@Daniel-lr6yz]

People forget that the first Iranian empire was actually the Mede empire which came before the Achaemenid Persian empire.

[@Shahanshah101]

To some the first Iranian empire was the Pishdadian dynasty

[@Saucyakld]

I traveled these countries when I was 12 with my parents! An amazing upbringing!

[@theholysmoke1623]

As an Iranian, I'm very proud of my heritage and Achaemenid Persia you also forgot to mention that during the reign of Cyrus, Persia was the first nation in history which kinda invented what we call human rights in the form of "The Cyrus Cylinder", also Cyrus the great freed the slaves in Babylonia, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion, and established racial equality. (which is very ironic compared to what's going on nowadays in my country and a radical terrorist government that in every shape and form violets human rights and freedoms and funds every terrorist organization in the world )

[@Flavius7]

Iran is one of the greatest historical tragedies of the last century. What a magnificent country could have been!

[@TheStriker960]

We hope the Iranian people get freed soon and have the democracy and freedoms that you deserve. Support from UK.

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@Flavius7 the another tragedy would be oil and industrial revolution for us but that is our own fault and not a real tragedy…

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@Flavius7 the real tragedy would always be Islamic conquest and Mongolian invasion.no matter how many bright scientists and poets or philosophers we had after this two disasters ; we never could be as improved politically and culturally like pre Islamic times.

[@clementphilippe4888]

@@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889 I completely agree, even though many point out that Persian culture expanded into the Islamic world and was very prestigious, I still feel like Persia lost a part of its soul after its defeat at the hands of the caliphate. But the same could be applied to many countries, for example Egypt or North Africa in general.

[@bcs332]

Kuurush (Kuros) the Great is very underrated. It seems like his fame was overshadowed by Alexander, who couldn't actually be equal to him.

[@korosh2024]

Yes, Alexandria, which is not known at all, where and how it appeared in the books of the Greeks, who were always enemies of the Iranians! All Herdot's description of the events is completely illogical and that there are no traces of the conquest of Iran by Alexander! The Europeans made up the story of Alexander in order to bring down Cyrus the Great! A person who occupies the largest empire in the world, but there are no foreign effects of him! It does not even have a memorial

[@gr.3666]

Love great Iran from Tajikistan and I wanted going to this place ❤🇹🇯🇮🇷🇦🇫 درود به تمامی فارسها 🤝

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

We love Tajikistan, our Persians in Central Asia :)

[@akremmuslim455]

Hi friend Does cyrus open tajikistan ?

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@Mahyar . iran . 卐 تاجیکستانی ها خیلی با افغانی ها متفاوت هستند و عاشق ایران و ایرانی هستند و با افتخار خودشون رو ایرانی می دونند. لطفا باهاشون این طوری حرف نزنید

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@Mahyar . iran . 卐 می دونم. اما اینی که کامنت رو نوشته یک تاجیکستانی هستش نه افغانی

[@user-lt3dd4om3m]

Respect Cyrus the Great from Tajikistan 🇹🇯❤️🇮🇷

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

Love Tajikistan from Iran :)

[@pedaretam]

❤❤❤🇮🇷🇹🇯

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_The most influental empire in history, and it's actually understandable that nobody knows them. They are part of humanities collective subconcious. That is the level of impact._*

[@theveryproudmoroccan2834]

summerians and ancient Egyptians are more influential due to them being older. but yeah the achaemenids were very important during their time period due to the huge geopolitical impact it had on future events of the world.

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

@@theveryproudmoroccan2834 No, name a Sumerian or Egyptian scientist. Iran (Persia) is the oldest country in the world. Iranians still speak Persian and still have Persian culture like their ancient Persian ancestors, that's why Iran is the oldest country in the world. Persians have given many great scientists, poets, scholars and philosophers to the world. Persians/Iranians are responsible for many inventions, innovations, and customs. Persian is one of the oldest living languages in the world, and Persian literature is one of the most beautiful, oldest, and richest literature in the world that has influenced the literature of European and Asian countries. Innovations of ancient Persia/Iran and ancient Persian culture contributed to many of the aspects of the modern world. Persians introduced a number of novel concepts in innovations and inventions.

[@theveryproudmoroccan2834]

@@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane Egyptian and summerians gave basic knowledge which future civilizations developed. If it wasn't for summerians an Egyptians there will be no basic knowledge which could be used to advance scientifically. I am not denying the fact that iran is the land of scientists philosophers etc. BUT you can't deny the impact of summer and egypt to all world civilizations. Also Iran isn't the oldest country in the world. Its culture is very old oldest in the world alongside china but not iran as state. Medes, achaemenids, parthians, sassanids, safavids, Qajar and the pahlavi are the dynasties that were truly persian. You can though argue that other turkic nomads who gained control over iran did kinda assimilate to persian culture like the seljuks and timurids but I won't count it as persian empires.

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

@@theveryproudmoroccan2834 Jiroft and Elam civilizations in Iran are the cradle of world civilization. Research "Jiroft civilization" in Iran which is older than Mesopotamian civilizations, and some believe that the Mesopotamians took their civilization from them. Iran is the oldest country in the world, and Iranians are the only ancient nation that they still speak Persian, the language of their ancient Achaemenid ancestors, and they still have Persian culture. But both Sumer and Egypt no longer exist. Sumer disappeared and Egypt became an Arab country.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@theveryproudmoroccan2834 Hellenic History Clears < In order: 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇷 Iran 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇮🇳 India 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇸 Spain 🇯🇵 Japan 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇮🇱 Israel 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇬🇪 Georgia

[@jirikurto3859]

If Cyrus had been introduced to table tennis I think he would've been world champion at table tennis.

[@hiimryan2388]

Why lol

[@alexone8338]

ok

[@TheTophatCheeseyo]

Man i think would he be a world champion at chess too

[@alireza-dashti]

Iranian people actully love all the people around world like cyrus the great❤️🇮🇷

[@KoroushRP]

Not really

[@OptimusMaximusNero]

*Fun Fact:* Cyrus founded the Achameind Empire around the same year the Greeks stopped colonizing territories, the Roman king Servius Tullius annexed to the city of Rome all the territories occupied by the Seven Hills, Mago I took control of Carthage and started the glorious era of that civilization, and Siddhartha Gautama was reborn as Buddha and created Buddhism. What a time to be alive...

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

There must be a reason why this period is called the Axial Age.

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

Wait, I thought Alexander the great defeated most of the Achaemenid empire around 330 BC which meant the Greeks were still expanding then no ? Infact under him the Macedonian empire was at its peak with respect to its size in territorial land.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@Rudi_Mentary723 Alexander began a new period, a period of major Hellenization of the east, including Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia, as far as modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan But this was a different time from the older traditional Greek colonies, which consisted of settlers from the many cities of Greece proper, who settled from Ionia to Cyprus, Libya, Italy and as far as France and Spain

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

@@miguelpadeiro762 Oooh okay ! Thank you for your explanation !

[@dariusghodsi2570]

@@Rudi_Mentary723 Also Macedonian expansion is different from iron age greek proper

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

Thank you bro, at this time of Chaos we need to see glimpses of hope about our past, our history is so underrated, i could kiss you.

[@chaimlaser7956]

Ancient history is so fascinating

[@SurajKumar-ln8ij]

Please add Major rivers in this map as they r key factors in invasions,city etc.

[@schwoondoggle]

Mehh, I'd say the Euphrates, Halys and other ones you're thinking of would only be necessary if we were going in real detail. This is just an overview of Persia's conquests.

[@imsoedgy902]

Sweaty hands

[@Chningoftzartosht]

Thanks for sharing this video ❤

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

Yaaas !! The dynasty on which one of my favourite game series is based upon !! Prince of Persia trilogy ! Funny how I have learnt more about history from games and KZbin videos than I ever did in school !

[@gr33ny24]

You mean sands of time trilogy?

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

@@gr33ny24 Yes. Sands of time, Warrior Within and Two Thrones ! Though they did make forgotten sands later on but for me it was the previous three installments of the game !

[@gr33ny24]

@@Rudi_Mentary723 Yes great trilogy, but isnt it based on Sassanid empire? Im not sure

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

@@gr33ny24 I not sure either. I guess the Sassanid empire was a form of Neo Persian empire only.

[@parsarustami774]

Prince of persia wasn't really accurate to how persians look like. There wasn't any mosque in achaemenid or parthians and sassanids bcz they were zoroastrian. their armor and clothes sword and everything was different. prince of persia is more like showing Islamic persia, like during safavids danysty. even though their culture was same but I just hate how West sees persia/iran as same piece with other Islamic countries.

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

Birthday Celebrations, Animation, the Guitar, and Dessert were invented by Persians. The Persians were the first to develop the practice of lavish celebrations of one's birthday, as well as the art of animation for entertainment and the custom of having dessert after a meal. Birthday celebrations originated (as they did in other cultures) with a festival honoring the kings's birth but gradually spread to members of the nobility and then the lower classes. In ancient Persia, birthdays were celebrated with special foods the guest of honor would enjoy and a cake for dessert with candles. The Persians eventually expanded the concept to include everyone and so invented the birthday party. These celebrations included special foods prepared for the guest of honor and a cake served after the meal with lighted candles on it. Entertainment might have included animation - as evidenced by artifacts such as a cup which, when rapidly turned, showed a goat leaping in the air to snatch leaves from a tree - and music featuring vocals accompanied by stringed instruments such as the cartar (also known as the tar) and the "Setar", the precursor of the modern-day guitar. The practice of serving dessert after a meal was not reserved only for birthdays but followed every day's evening meal. The cake itself might have been specially prepared for the event but the practice of eating sweets or some other sort of treat after dinner was common after every evening meal. The birthday party and concept of dessert both highlight the Persian cultural value of enjoying life while one can and making each day a celebration. www.worldhistory.org/article/1505/inventions--innovations-of-ancient-persia/ Modern animation has taken a huge jump, but the concept goes back to the bronze era in ancient Persia. Discovery of earthenware goblet in the burnt city, which is believed to be about 5200 years. Sequences of drawings are directed of a goat jumping toward a twig and eating the leaves. In music and entertainment, stringed instruments an example of Cartar (also referred to as tar ) and sestar accompanied vocals featured. Sestar is the precursor of the modern-day guitar. topancienthistory.com/persian-empire-facts-inventions/history/

[@middleeastrenwarriormen1017]

i look Barsine

[@TheColombiano89]

One of the most underrated and rarely discussed Empires. It's Kings are in the Bible and Torah. Called Messiah and King of Kings.

[@Indo-Aryan9644]

🥰Glory to Iran and Iranian Empires from Aryāvart(India) 🇮🇷❣️🇮🇳

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

Aryanovich ❤️Aryavart.

[@xerxes-the-great4227]

🇮🇷❤️😃

[@this-not9418]

هندی کصننه بس کن کیرم تو ناموست

[@ramtin5152]

Glory and love to India, Indians and Indian empires from Mazandaran of Iran ✊❤️

[@Indo-Aryan9644]

Thank you my guy's 🥺🤗

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@ramtin5152]

Overthrowing Astyages wasn't easy for Cyrus since he barely had enough manpower during his uprising Cyrus fought him or his generals in 3 battles and one defeat meant the doom of his whole house 1- Battle of Hyrba 2- Battle of the Persian border 3- Battle/Siege of Pasargadae hill

[@diegoragot655]

Didn't Cyrus have support from the Cadusii??

[@ramtin5152]

@@diegoragot655 Though i know of which tribe you are talking about, i've never read/heard of them helping Cyrus in his revolt against his grandfather Astyages As far as i know, aside from the Persians and some Median nobles or commanders (plus their soldiers of course), no one else helped him during his uprising According to the records, despite the support of all or at least most of Persian tribes and Median nobles/generals such as Harpagus, he was still outnumbered 2-1

[@diegoragot655]

@@ramtin5152 I think other tribes out there helped him, but I think they were few (like the Cadusii)

[@ramtin5152]

@@diegoragot655 Well I've never read that in any records Would you please give me sources ? I remember reading once the battle/siege of Pasargadae hill was won, the chief of Hyrcanians(who lived beyond Alborz mountains near Cadusii), Artasyras, came to Cyrus with troops and recognised him as king I also saw in a video about the battle of Thymbra that axe wielding warriors were fighting in Cyrus army Maybe it was them since axe was the favorite weapon of the people beyond the Alborz mountains

[@diegoragot655]

@@ramtin5152 don't quite know if the Cosseans also joined him. Also ¿what do You know about The Median Empire (prior to the Achaemenids)??

[@schwoondoggle]

Doing ancient history right now in GCSE. Great video. Quick note: I find it funny how everyone pronounces Astyages differently. In my class we and the teacher say 'Ast-I-A-Jis', but the class down the corridor says something different.

[@noelchristian8373]

Nobody can beat the British Empire in how huge it was!

[@schwoondoggle]

@@noelchristian8373 Very true

[@sethbartley2212]

not sure if it's a audio error, but you mention the Delphi prophecy to Lydian king (about a "great kingdom will fall") and discuss it as if it was read on screen, but it was not.

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

The kingdom of Parthia laughs

[@ap6480]

I always saw Persia as destined to have a greater future, they conquered everything except the greeks, had a great administrative system, a revolutionary vision of how to run a society and had massive resources, if it wasn't for the Persians having gone to war with greece in a time of particular greek prosperity, having a ton of unluck and some greek tactical decisions then maybe today the west would see Persia as we now see the Roman Empire

[@TheColombiano89]

Persia did conquer the Greeks. Ionians,Phoenicians and Macedonians to name a few. They had allies such as Thebes and Sparta aswell.

[@ap6480]

@@TheColombiano89 When I say "greeks" I mean "greece"

[@manueldumont3709]

Wasn't "Turkey"(Troy), a part of Greece ?

[@ap6480]

@@manueldumont3709 troy was a bronze age city, not the geographic area corresponding to modern day Turkey, that would be Anatolia. And yes Anatolia was mostly greek

[@ap6480]

@@manueldumont3709 if you mean culturally greek then yes, if you mean geographically part of greece then no

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video

[@mohammadrostami8720]

Plz make more about this empire

[@ata7654]

Cyrus was the mastermind who created a govermental System that made his empire last for some nice times! A political mastermind who expanded persia and also made a heritage of political system for the heirs to expand

[@theawesomeman9821]

according to the Bible, Cyrus also allowed the Jews to return to Palestine and rebuild their temple.

[@michaelbar859]

@@theawesomeman9821 yes, it wasnt just the jews. He freed all the slaves and made sure everyone was free to speak in their native language and worship their own God/Gods rather than forcing his beliefs into the conquered people. What a shame what the Ayatollahs did to our great nation. But the lion is waking up!

[@shaneslr9123]

There are some theories that say Darius or Cyrus may have been the "Dhul Qarnain" of the Quran. Personally i think it was darius.

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

Yes, Cyrus the Great is Dhul Qarnain in the Quran.

[@Hi5Ripon]

@@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane Maybe but there is no evidence of Cyrus from any ancient persian sources of him blocking certain tribes as mentioned in the Quran

[@Shahanshah101]

@@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane It was Alexander

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

@@Shahanshah101 No, Cyrus the Great is Dhul Qarnain.

[@yousuf6382]

Stop lying, Dhul Qarnain not the majus Darius or Cyrus

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

Gardens and parks are Persian inventions. The Persian gardens of Iran have become known as UNESCO World Heritage sites. They have their roots in the times of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC. The Tomb of Cyrus the Great is in Pasargadae, Shiraz in Persia/Iran, which has been listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Many small towns and villages in Iran today continue to have gardens that derive their inspiration from the Persian Achaemenids of old. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmIaMrcyEh9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpXcnZqHns16pas Cyrus’ gardens have exerted a profound legacy outside the borders of Iran/Persia, and especially in Europe. The Greeks and the Romans adopted the Persian garden. The Persian term "Pardis" entered the Roman lexicon which facilitated its transmission to other European languages. The Greeks, Romans and succeeding European civilizations were to build parks and gardens on the Persian model. The breathtaking gardens of Versailles France, the baroque gardens of Belvedere Palace of Austria or the Butchard Gardens of Victoria Canada may never have existed today had it not been for Cyrus’ gardens at Pasargadae. Even the Bible commemorates the Persian word “Paradise” in its lexicon. The influence of the Persian Gardens has also spread to the Orient, notably China and then Japan, probably mainly due to the arrival of Sassanian refugees to China after the collapse of the Sassanian Empire in the 650s AD, although earlier influences cannot be ruled out. www.kavehfarrokh.com/cultural-and-endangered-sites/persian-gardens-declared-as-world-heritage-sites/ www.kavehfarrokh.com/iranian-studies/iranica/achaemenid-era/post-islamic-persian-gardens/ The most notable example of the influence of Persian Gardens in the Indian subcontinent can be found in the Taj Mahal place built by emperor Shah Jahan (1526-1707) for his beloved Persian wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Emperor Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built as a tomb for her, which is considered to be a monument of undying love. She was a lovely queen, Mumtaz Mahal used her position to promote humanitarian programs for the needy. The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage". The Taj Mahal attracts 7-8 million visitors a year, and it was declared a winner of the New 7 Wonders of the World initiative.

[@OmegaFares]

Yeah not really, Assyrians kings had royal gardens long before the Persians copied the fashion from them.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Yes the Greeks took the word Paradise from the Persians…that is true!

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@OmegaFares So Persians copied it from Assyrians then?

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@@OmegaFares No, Persian gardens may originate as early as 4000 BC, when the Assyrians didn't even exist, and Assyrian gardens have nothing in common with today's gardens. Today's gardens are copies of Persian gardens : The tradition and style of garden design represented by Persian gardens or Iranian gardens (Persian: باغ ایرانی), an example of the paradise garden, has influenced the design of gardens from Andalusia to India and beyond.[1][2] The gardens of the Alhambra show the influence of Persian garden philosophy and style in a Moorish palace scale, from the era of al-Andalus in Spain. Humayun's Tomb and Taj Mahal have some of the largest Persian gardens in the world, from the era of the Mughal Empire in India. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gardens Also, Jiroft and Elam civilizations in Iran are the cradle of world civilization. Research "Jiroft civilization" in Iran which is older than Mesopotamian civilizations, and some believe that the Mesopotamians took their civilization from them. Iran is the oldest country in the world, and Iranians are the only ancient nation that they still speak Persian, the language of their ancient Achaemenid ancestors, and they still have Persian culture. But Mesopotamians no longer exist, and they disappeared.

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 From the time of the Achaemenid Empire, the idea of an earthly paradise spread through Persian literature and example to other cultures, both the Hellenistic gardens of the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemies in Alexandria. The Avestan word pairidaēza-, Old Persian *paridaida-,[note 1] Median *paridaiza- (walled-around, i.e., a walled garden), was borrowed into Akkadian, and then into Greek Ancient Greek: παράδεισος, romanized: parádeisos, then rendered into the Latin paradīsus, and from there entered into European languages, e.g., French paradis, German Paradies, and English paradise.[3] As the word expresses, such gardens would have been enclosed. The garden's purpose was, and is, to provide a place for protected relaxation in a variety of manners: spiritual, and leisurely (such as meetings with friends), essentially a paradise on earth. The Common Iranian word for "enclosed space" was *pari-daiza- (Avestan pairi-daēza-), a term that was adopted by Christian mythology to describe the garden of Eden or Paradise on earth.[4] The garden's construction may be formal (with an emphasis on structure) or casual (with an emphasis on nature), following several simple design rules. This allows maximisation, in terms of function and emotion, of what may be done in the garden.

[@abdirahmanbadal781]

The ancient superpowers of Iran didn't end with the fall of achaemids .The parthians &sasanids are underrated They both posed challenges to the mighest empire of their time,the Romans.After the fall of Rome in 476,the sasanids continued the rivalry with the Byzantines.

[@odiumproductions6296]

The parthians were pushovers, but the sassanids were pretty overpowered when the king of kings actually held power and wasn't fighting half his empire to keep power, 48384 barbarian hordes, a roman invasion and 2 plagues.

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@odiumproductions6296 in my view Parthians were even superior to Romans in 1 century bc 1.battle of Carrhae and conquering the north of mesopotamia from Romans 2.Conquering the asia minor,Syria and Judae in 38 bc and even with Roman counter attack they didn’t conquer anything from Iran 3.Battles with Marcus Antony and humiliated him in this battles with few Parthian casualties while 100000 Roman soldiers lost 2/3 of their army. 4.Octavian took back the eagles by politics not military In 1 century and 3 century ad Rome and Parthians were equals as mostly ruled Armenia together You all judge Parthians limited to 2 century Ad which they were weaker than romans for cultural problems inside the empire,civil wars and Kushanid empire (Iranization against Hellenization).

[@user-xu9ji4dd4e]

@@odiumproductions6296 Jesus three roman emperors defeated by the roman Persians became a joke

[@skkhammuansangngaihte4989]

@@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889 what about when emperor trajan took the whole mesopotamia from parthian empire

[@arioarashdadkhahaseman1889]

@@skkhammuansangngaihte4989 that happens in 2 century AD so so Ctesiphon was as near as Antioch and both empires easily took their steps in them.also no western fan like to mention Parthians step in Syria,Judae and Asia Minor multiple times.

[@odiumproductions6296]

Although the empire's territory did slowly decline with all of egypt and the balkan territories being lost, Artaxerxes iii managed to restore the empire's power to near peak levels, bringing egypt back under the fold. His father Artaxerxes ii managed to stabilize the empire after two short lived emperors and played the aegean powers against themselves by using subsidies, keeping the threat of the growing greek powers contained. Most of the achaemanid emperors were usually competent. The largest flaw in the satrapy system was whenever the king of kings lost a campaign literally every satrap to the east revolts and the greeks try invading egypt. And court politics kept killing the emperor, his heir or both. To be fair this problem affected most large absolute monarchies.

[@kasraharichehpour3553]

As you said Artaxerxes II and III did great and yes the system had some flaws

[@brokenbridge6316]

Cyrus the Great was indeed a great leader but he did have his best n most loyal general with him named Harpo-gast. (Not Sure if I spelled it right). Nice video.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

Harpagus.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512----Thanks. No one spelled it out to me, ever. I just heard the name and spelled it how I thought it would be.

[@benjaminwatt2436]

The Biblical prediction of Cyrus' rise of power was one of the more impressive predictions, as Persia was barely a vassal state at the time of the prediction.

[@kuroshthegreat8073]

I think that would have been written after Cyrus became emperor.

[@Jayvee4635]

@@kuroshthegreat8073 I do agree that most of that are actually written during the Selucid Period. ETA: I just went back and checked. 1st Isaiah was written during The hey day of Israel and Judah . 2nd Isaiah was written during the Persian Rule.

[@reddragon100]

It was written after Achaemenid empire

[@benjaminwatt2436]

according to the encyclopedia Britannica Isaiah was written in the 8th century BC and Cyrus the Great was born in around 530 BC, 200 years before the prophecy. Critics will say the prophesy was an later addition, but they have no evidence and is only based on their preconceptions of Biblical authority. None of you gave sources for why you think it was written later when both secular and non-secular scholars believe it was written in the 8th century

[@crazydinosaur8945]

@@benjaminwatt2436 how detailed is the prediction. is it: "in the year "x" a vessel of the medians with the name Cyrus will rise to great power ruling world. he will have "x" children and live to age "x"" or more like "a great king will rise to conquer all the kingdoms etc etc"

[@shabazgoondall4620]

Pakistan was part of the Persian empire the enshaan kabir empire KOUROOSH kabir zinda bad ☝️🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰😎😉😍☝️🇵🇰🇮🇷☝️best wishes from a Pakistani in USA America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@knotdead5783]

Indo-Iranian brotherhood🤝

[@abtinshariati58]

Sey Bozorg kouroosh bozorg

[@madridista7583]

Respect my brother 🫡

[@muslimh-cs5eo]

​@@knotdead5783 Love from northern Pakistan ❤ Welcome anytime ❤

[@soroush7876]

Cyrus the great basically was the founder of Iran and the founder of the idea of a nation. he married the daughter of the median king and he united the three indo-aryan houses (Persians,Medes,Parthians) and created Iran as a nation. he is considered the father of Iran (not to be mistaken with the father of "modern" Iran which was Reza shah)

[@ramtin5152]

Though i remember a Persian Zoroastrian telling me that incest isn't part of their tradition or religion, that was actually normal for nations of the ancient world specially Egypt though we still can't be sure if all Iranians or at least their nobles and royals did that too Remember, the only source for this claim is a Greek source And they're a mix of reality, myth and gossips According to the sources, Cyrus had children only with his first and true wife, Cassandane, since the mother of all five children of Cyrus, are reported to be her

[@bomb7102]

Cyrus the Great is the king of kings, from Iran 🇮🇷👑🦁

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

That’s the empire that I founded!

[@kasraharichehpour3553]

👏👏👏

[@kasraharichehpour3553]

@Ex Christian khus there are many accounts about his death and dude even in the Indian one he is injured in battle that he won against Indians and died BCS of the wounds lmao 😂 this is Ctsieses version

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@Ex Christian khus No, Cyrus the Great died peacefully at his capital in Persia (Iran). Go and read Cyropaedia by Xenophon.

[@Stateira-Persia-Iran]

@Ex Christian khus The Persians never told Alexander what you said. And Xenophon who had visited Persia, wrote that Cyrus the Great died peacefully at his capital in Persia (Iran). Go and read Cyropaedia by Xenophon.

[@kasraharichehpour3553]

@Ex Christian khus yes maybe he never conquered beyond Indus but Nader Shah Afsharid did 😂😀

[@jorgemasvidal7566]

More please

[@MorrocanDarijaArab]

Just asking how do you make these videos ?

[@samwill7259]

Remember the folks, any leader in history could have been as empathetic, human and wise as Cyrus They've just consistently chosen not to

[@Kanuritashimada]

Persia will surely conquer a lot of territories who else would ever be fail to conquer if Keanu Reeves is the ruler.

[@Medgator]

Lituraly ancient Keanu Reeves lol

[@MBP1918]

Interesting

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

known world: Exist Cyrus: "Hippity hoppity you're now my property"

[@fuzzley911]

Nice

[@yourroyalchungusness]

2:24 Narrator: "Cyrus captured his own grandfather and spare his life" Me: Oh, okay 2:29 Narrator: "And for diplomatic reason marry his daughter" Me: *WAIT, WHAT?*

[@ramtin5152]

Though i remember a Persian Zoroastrian telling me that incest isn't part of their tradition or religion, that was actually normal for nations of the ancient world specially Egypt though we still can't be sure if all Iranians or at least their nobles and royals did that too Remember, the only source for this claim is a Greek source And they're a mix of reality, myth and gossips According to the sources, Cyrus had children only with his first and true wife, Cassandane, since the mother of all five children of Cyrus, are reported to be her

[@ramtin5152]

But hey if that was disturbing for you, wait until you read Greek mythology XD

[@pooriajafariofficial]

Cyrus is undoubtedly the greatest king in history, the document of this claim is his charter of human rights, which is the light of the world's eyes

[@theawesomeman9821]

My answer for Persia's success is the Persian Immortals

You completely forgot to tell WHY they were so succesful and why they were seen as liberators. Most important facts were left out

[@nubnubdubdeh]

Kurds admire cyrus and have many symbols thanks to him

[@thatshowyoudoit6583]

The first map was a bit wrong. It had more in Central Asia and all of Caucasus

[@sorenanaghibzade5446]

The first 4 emperor of Achaemenids empire were awesome kings they managed to succeed one after other and Cyruss son didn't kill hes brother he died from a desis and he's brother was betrayed by a monk darius take the throne from that tyrant betrayer monk by the right of being married to one of Cyrus daughters I guess he's the 2nd Pearson wich we call great in iran after him you will have his son wich conquered Athen and made empire the greatest empire in the world

[@sussybaka6904]

I had a stroke reading that 💀💀💀💀

[@mohammedkh4321]

Wow!

[@RamtinHG]

Darius was husband of Atousa The daughter of Cyrus the Great

[@xKazeshi98x]

Persian empire content les goooo

[@arminarghavani3997]

Cyrus is the founder of human rights and I am proud to be from his generation and to be Iranian

[@philspades2228]

Cyrus is mentioned by name by the prophet Isaiah 150 years before he was born. Isaiah 45:1

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

So true

[@theawesomeman9821]

Persia is such an awesome name. Don't know why the name changed to Iran.

[@kgkbuugj]

It was always known as Iran or some variation of it to Iranians and it means "Land of Aryans", Persia was a name given by foreigners until we officially changed it in the 1930s (with the encouragement of another man very fond of Aryans...). Like how Germans call their country "Deutschland" and not "Germany" or Greece in Greek is "Hellas".

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@kgkbuugj didn't know before that your country's name was an inspiration for racial supremecy.

[@kgkbuugj]

@@theawesomeman9821 well this was 1000s of years before that but yea Persians were even exempt from laws preventing non Aryans to marry other Aryans in the 30s and 40s in Germany because they saw us as Aryans and equal

[@kgkbuugj]

Pars/Fars which the word "Persian" originated from is still a province in Iran though

[@mahdiadib9295]

Iran is a very diverse country Persians arent the only ones that contributed to it so calling it Persia would undermine the achievements and hard work of all the other ethnicity's that aren't Persians.

[@ramtin5152]

Though i remember a Persian Zoroastrian telling me that incest isn't part of their tradition or religion, that was actually normal for nations of the ancient world specially Egypt though we still can't be sure if all Iranians or at least their nobles and royals did that too Remember, the only source for this claim is a Greek source And they're a mix of reality, myth and gossips According to the sources, Cyrus had children only with his first and true wife, Cassandane, since the mother of all five children of Cyrus, are reported to be her

[@user-ky4iz5ks1i]

Proud to be persian 🟥⬜🟩☀️🦁iran

[@Dutch6556]

Cyrus is so underrated

[@owaischgaming7200]

Yeah

[@scotthinkley554]

Well, after watching this video, I'm off to play Civilization. Thinking I'll play Persia this time...

[@ramtin5152]

How about playing Parthia in Total War Rome 2 or Persia in Total War Attila ?

[@user-et3wn8ll8g]

Cyrus the great Person who was mentioned in Holy Quran as a prophet named "Zo'lQarneyn"💫

[@Pan21335]

As a Pakistani, I love my Muslim brother Iran 🇵🇰♥️🇮🇷

[@shawnsweet5557]

You totally left out the Segway explaining what the Delphi Oracle said to Croesus...

[@thomasmentch6256]

Cyrus the 2nds son had a nice robe though looks comfy I'd wear that today but yah and there was Alexander the great people today are trying to find his Tomb

[@ramtin5152]

Loved the video but the Achameinid map during the reign of Cyrus, is a problem in almost every history video about him Come on guys, accuracy is just like literally 10 seconds of Google search away it was right there (it's the gold one)

[@aritor7607]

Great Cyrus 👑❤️

[@theodormarcu8240]

I like history and I want to make one film by Stephen the Great.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Please do one pre islamic arabia battles

[@LauftFafa]

Persia is always there . greeks tought they defeated them but 1000 years in the future the sassanid persians were once again capturing egypt and besieging byzantium , and before that rome couldnt handle them and lost plenty battles against them . ottomans too had no answer for them . the mongols tought they ruled them but they ended up being assimilated same for the turkik seldjouks . they are always there to rival anyone who dare the think that the era is about them . even today they provide to be a real rival to the west . sanctioned to the atmosphere yet still have a great industry and military complex , its weapons managed to destroy american hangars and barracks with a great precision , their drones are spying on israel and hitting ukranian AA systems and cities . they are simply a people to admire , even as foes . they a pillar of humanity's past . most empires did rise and fall , some lasted barely few centuries fell but they are always there and will probably stay there for a 5000 more years

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Then Herakleios loaded..🤣

[@Davidbrown-ih1vo]

Iranians are proud of the glorious history of the Persian Empire🇮🇷🏛. The world's first empire and the first charter of human rights. In October 1971, Iran celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Achaemenid dynasty and organized magnificent celebrations.🇮🇷🎉👑 love persian Empire ❤🏛

[@topgears7775]

The world's first "great empires" not just empire, because it wasn't the first world empire, Assyria ,hittites and babylonia were also empires who existed before persia. Persia is the oldest of the great empires a list which mongols ,romans, abbasid, british and spanish empires are also present.

[@tyjiopjrd9887]

Before the Persian empire, Iranians had the civilizations of Elam and before Elam🇮🇷and the rule of the Medes🇮🇷🏛. The civilization of the burnt city near Hamon in eastern Iran is more than five thousand years old and is registered in UNESCO.🌐 Only the Persian empire was more powerful and united the Iranians and called themselves and their country Iran. Cyrus the Great is considered the father of Iran.🧔🇮🇷🏛

[@Davidbrown-ih1vo]

@@tyjiopjrd9887 I know that the civilization of the burnt city in Iran is 5000 years old, I just said that the Persian empire of Iran invented the first roads and laws of statehood, and later the rest of the civilizations learned empire from them. Many of the people don't know Achaemenians information🏛. You are right🙏🌺

[@Davidbrown-ih1vo]

@@topgears7775 yes👍(first great empire)🇮🇷, But there is one point. Babylonians and Assyrians were civilizations✅. They were local governments, not empires🚫. The first empire was created by Cyrus the Great, who brought different civilizations, cultures and customs under the banner of the Achaemenid Empire.🇮🇷🏛🏛🏛 (His empire was international🌐)

[@theawesomeman9821]

Pretty sure Egypt was the world's first empire

[@conejeitor]

What is the reference for saying that 40% of the wolrd´s population lived there. I thought that data was debunked.

[@mohannadkhalil2577]

I have one question, how strong are really the Median empire? Because the med‘s are the Kurd‘s. ❤️☀️💚

[@nubnubdubdeh]

Media - Kurds Achaemenid Empire had kurds who branched off to what we know today were there before turks and may Persians

[@nicolaenicolae3289]

👍

[@omario.khafizi]

Proud to be Tajik Persian 👑🇹🇯🇮🇷🇦🇫👑

[@kalindulev6208]

Are you from Bulgaria?

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Romania

[@SS-dp1cl]

🔥🔥one of the best civilization which is underrated compare to other

[@svihl666]

9:30 / 10:24

[@middleeastrenwarriormen1017]

Korush Bozorg/Cyrus The Great founded of Achaemenid/Hakhamenesh

[@middleeastrenwarriormen1017]

@knowledgiagiveaway you is admin ???

[@hanssalk5796]

CYRUS the Great! ❤

[@alirezamousivand7250]

🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷persian empire💪🏼💪🏼

[@Blitzo772]

7:25 ?

[@darth_vedant669]

cyrus walked so alexander could run

[@yusufkitchen7144]

Tajikistan Afghanistan Uzbekistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan they are all Persia❤

[@mehrangholami4789]

Hail to Cyrus the Great !!

[@fmogaddam]

Cyrus the great is a ruler who meet Daniel Prophet and inspired from him

[@MrSir20v]

when Lydia controlled the western half of Anatolia, Sardis was know as Sfard it was only until Alexander conquered the Achaemenids was it called Sardis

[@Winter.5555]

Achaemenid empire

[@alirezaamini1303]

yea as a Persian I must say even though this empire was made 2500 years ago still there is a pride in our veins. I don't know what it is or if other nations feel the same about their countries but there is something "pro" in us, something almost "expansionist". yes if you say you are pro Iranian or expansionist you'd get a lot of hate cuz everyone associates expansionism with Mr. mustache but I'm sure the idea appeals also to the other iranic speaking language speakers, like afghans and Tajiks. personally I might consider myself Persian but I consider our neighbors as Iranians. id like to see an afghan or Tajik person reply to me and tell me his thought on this cuz maybe I'm just wrong. moreover astyages is pronounced as AASTIAG, like a British guy who wants to pronounce ass and like when you want to say Thiago without the o at the end. I think it ancient history there is no other empire that had this amount of influence on the world. I think Egypt is a bit over rated simply because they never got out of their region and almost every time they got rammed by some other empire. id say after Christ there is only Rome who had this huge impact but guess what, both romans and Egyptians got extinct, their languages are dead and they adopted their invaders costumes almost every time. Iranians have kept their geo place of origin and their language and and literally everything. of course no nation was forever superior in history so they also get invaded but we only got changed by Islam and I don't think if that happened any other time

[@nubnubdubdeh]

Kurds a branch of medes and persians and are as ancient as persians

[@svenkrules9855]

2:30 So...Did Cyrus marry his daughter? Or his Aunt? I'm confused and concerned.

[@Jayvee4635]

Uh, Yes?

[@nu-nisamiracle2401]

More like relatives but not the really close one..

[@xKazeshi98x]

Astyages' daughter.. Cyrus' aunt

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Zoroastrian Persians saw that as normal

[@im.avesta]

@@alessandrodelogu7931That was how u came to life . its khowaidude and its not that. it means good marriage and its a Zoroastrian thing. And for marriage between acquaintances such as cousins. Try to not talk about something u dont know.

[@luckyman3573]

Small detail but the Assyrian empire was destroyed by the Medes and Babylon so at the start the blue nation should say Babylon and not Assyria

[@pedrox154]

Wait, so Cyrus married his auntie🤔

[@parlyramyar]

step aunt. it wasn't his grandmothers daughter.

[@abtinshariati58]

No

[@abineryebiohadgu8461]

Ethiopia really just don't want to get conquered

[@ASh-oe9hm]

First empire which ruled three continents

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Alexander disliked this😅

[@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

@@papazataklaattiranimam Alexander even fell in love with Persia. And Alexander's empire was smaller than the Persian empire, and he only conquered the empire that the Persians had established.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane He conquered Sogdians, Sakas and other Iranics as well

[@arash7353]

@@papazataklaattiranimam he defeated tow times from scythians he never reached to the central asia

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@@arash7353 lol Sogdians and Sakas got even enslaved by his soldiers