Cyrus sounds like how I play RPG’s. Run around the world fighting and conquering, but then never turn down some random old lady that asks you to find her lucky teapot.

@StarshadowMelody

2 жыл бұрын

That... yeah, sounds about right.

@henrykkeszenowicz4664

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly how I play Mount and Blade Warband. I guess it's time to call my character Cyrus and conquer the Sarranids(In-game mix of saracens and sassanids).

@Nara.Shikamaru

2 жыл бұрын

You should always force open the door to a shed to get an old lady’s frying pan back.

@Wafflefrieslmdh

Жыл бұрын

New dnd character idea unlocked

Apparently the Jews were just as impressed with Cyrus' generosity as you are Blue. My favourite fact about the enlire builder is that to date, he was the only foreigner ever given the title of 'Messiah' in the Hebrew scriptures.

@lordhosseinlh

6 жыл бұрын

CynicalRaven461 if I am not wrong. Cyrus is the only mortal human being that is praised a lot in the Bible!

@rockyblacksmith

6 жыл бұрын

H. A. R. D There are quiet a few others that are praised more, actually. I mean, King David is pretty much held up as the standart by which every king that followed him had to measure up. Of course, he is portrayed with his flaws too (and the consequences that followed them), but that doesn't detract from the high esteem he's held in. And there are several others who are portrayed as almost flawless (Joseph for example). Cyrus holds the title of 'Messiah' because he gave the jews back their liberty. Hence the bible sees him as god's pivital instrument in liberating his people, meaning his "anointed one" = "Messiah". This reflects a huge amount of admiration and gratitude of course, but it doesn't put Cyrus above other figures in the bible.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

rockyblacksmith Well most of these figures are Jewish and barely did they praise non Christian, so that's what he meant with Cyrus being praised as the only Human, not being related to the Family of Noah.

@23igna

5 жыл бұрын

@@lordhosseinlh He was praised for helping the Hebrews to get back to Jerusalem after being exiled by the Babylonians. He was like a non-jewish Moses to the Jews.

@way2virgo

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel (high counsel in Babylon) showed Cyrus the scroll of Isaiah. Isaiah 44,45 written 150yrs prior God speaks to him by name.

as a Persian, I would like to thank you for talking about how Cyrus was actually super chill, and how the Persians weren't just some big bad that the Greek had to defeat. Their culture and religions were not forced away and people were free to just kinda continue on with their lives, not to mention, Persia was one of the few places that gave women equal rights back then.

@Jumpoable

10 ай бұрын

Interesting but not laudable that Persia is seen monolithically as some unknown & exotic "big bad" by the West because of Greek xenophobia & now the continued conflict with Islam. To all educated Chinese, "Persia" was always respected & viewed as another illustrious empire to the West. Our trade routes & cultural exchange were ancient & numerous, tons of Persian merchants settled in cities all over China for centuries a thousand years ago. & I'm sure there's some Persian blood in most urban Chinese populace.

@jamesnewstead7099

8 ай бұрын

Yea they just wanted to crush the greek governing bodies and kill anyone who opposed but hey we have a good burocracy and you can keep your gods lol what a joke why isn't Iran still a British satrapy?

@jamesnewstead7099

8 ай бұрын

​@Jumpoable no it's because they conqured vast swaths of land by force that is pretty evil

@DRofYouTube

8 ай бұрын

@@jamesnewstead7099 a lot of places/ people did that, and were not so kind to the countries the conquered, white people came to the Americas and killed the majority of its natives before taking over, large countries because of conquering is not and was not uncommon, Persia just didn’t force the conquered to adopt its religion

@Brandonhayhew

4 ай бұрын

fantasy

Fun fact: the Romans loved Chinese silk so much that they were considering banning it since it was starting to put a dent in their economy. They were paying way too much for silk and not enough for other stuff like iron, for example.

@joshuakusuma5953

6 жыл бұрын

Dylan Chouinard Oh yeah. I think I remember them saying something about the silk clothes being transparent and that people's wives walk out in public wearing them.

@NoOne-gg5mc

6 жыл бұрын

Funny how the West love Chinese stuff so much they are willing to ruin their economy in the process. About two thousand years later, Britain would do the same thing for Chinese tea.

@jakalordarkblood4331

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget porcelain. Such a big hit all across Europe.

@kevinstephenson3531

6 жыл бұрын

joshua kusuma and how the USA buys most of their manufactured goods from China which I think has an effect on their economy

@Jaanikins

6 жыл бұрын

joshua kusuma perhaps this link was the inspiration of the yin yang symbol. The symbol was originally roman

When your country's human rights were better 2500 years ago then they are now

@DaDARKPass

5 жыл бұрын

that's quite funny. iran may be the only country that had the best human rights before having the worst human rights

@Jazmillenium

5 жыл бұрын

Sepehr Voshmgir As a westerner myself (USA), I find myself overly curious about your claims. Could you share and elaborate on it? I would love to hear a new and different perspective.

@2yoyoyo1Unplugged

5 жыл бұрын

Sepehr Voshmgir What exactly is our media misrepresenting as far as your laws and justice systems?

@jp2908

5 жыл бұрын

@@saeedvazirian im gonna guess you are muslim.

@Crashed131963

5 жыл бұрын

Islam is what makes the middle East backwards today. The Persian empire collapsed 1000 years before Islam was invented in 600 AD.

Persia was considered to be the largest Empire ever in terms of the percent of the world's population it controlled at its peak; 44%. In comparison; the British Empire controlled 20% of the world's population.

@aegonii8471

6 жыл бұрын

Pika Zilla Sources? I feel like that is way too high considering the present day population of the region.

@ChevyChase301

6 жыл бұрын

Ser Devil Egypt, Syria, Indus River, and Anatolia were HEAVILY POPULATED FOR THE TIME. Remember only several tens of millions of people lived in the entire earth so when some of these massive cities have over a million people it shows why such a percentage exists.

@aegonii8471

6 жыл бұрын

Joey Kevorkian That logic actually makes a decent amount of sense.

@aegonii8471

6 жыл бұрын

Mr Poopy Butthole Yup this link has made me call out this theory for its bs. Read the last comment on that article.

@armbaria

6 жыл бұрын

Nah, that guy is wrong, he didn't show any evidence of his information being right, he just linked a website like reddit with people speculating on it, Persian Empire at it's peak controlled about 44% of the entire earth's population, and if they wanted, they could've conquered even more, but there was nothing else to conquer lol.

Once my history teacher told us that one of the reasons the persian empire grew so much was because they didn't try to use force in order to expand their culture to other territories, on the other hand they prefered to respect each location, thus they were free to keep practicioning their own culture. Although they were still under the persian empire

@amjthe_paleosquare9399

Жыл бұрын

So, a sponge rather than a shovel, got it XD

@spongeboblover7052

Жыл бұрын

that's also the reason they had little legacy if it weren't for trade

@pennyforyourthots

Жыл бұрын

@@spongeboblover7052 I'd rather be a forgotten peacemaker than a remembered conquerer. Legacy is a sufficient cost for the price of peace.

@spongeboblover7052

Жыл бұрын

@@pennyforyourthots yeah im not saying one is better than the other either

Brazilian schools teach how the Achaemenid Persia had an amazing bureaucracy and how inclusive and open it was, how benevolent they were. What I did not know was that this benevolence towards the conquered extended afterwards the fall of Achaemenid Persia, as that period is not really taught in our school, at least not when I attended.

@dollypniz5550

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Here in Iran we learn nothing about ancient Persia... yet in Brazil

@SamucaGamer100

3 жыл бұрын

Nunca aprendi sobre os Persas no colégio, educação pública no sul é um lixo, só ficam babando ovo da democracia grega

@SamucaGamer100

3 жыл бұрын

@@crashverde1686 Fenício é persa por acaso? Fenicio tb "aprendi".

@sachinvenugopal6926

3 жыл бұрын

@@dollypniz5550 really? .. we taught in India about Acheminid , Parthians and Sassanids , even shanameh mentions Sassanids .. I can't believe they won't teach you about your true colourful history

@sinnerprophet7391

3 жыл бұрын

@@sachinvenugopal6926 they actually teach, but only in elementary and middle school and it's so basic, they're so focused on modern history and Islamic Arabia's history, unfortunately, but everyone here in Iran knows about this stuff cause people themselves love their history and identity so they learn it themselves thanks to media, it's not like we don't know about our history or culture, Iranians are so nationalist

I swear I was about to pay the highest tier on your patreon to do a Persia summary. Ahura Mazda watches over me, proven.

@sakogekchyan7366

6 жыл бұрын

CuddleGamers I love Zoroastrianism.

@fruitenantcolonel9207

5 жыл бұрын

Paris(as we call you guys in India) are the most forward thinking and intelligent communities in he world! We are blessed that aome of you are a part of our country. Love from india!

@jacktheripper5112

5 жыл бұрын

i always felt bad that how much india went through first conquered by Persia(my own country) then the british even though the persians were nice but the british not that much(not saying they were evil but if im wrong correct me please) any way i always adored indian culture aside from the time to time accent jokes sorry BUTT i love ur movies :)

@jacktheripper5112

5 жыл бұрын

Iranian and proud(im kurdish so i couldnt say persian :P)

@user-iv2dx9ps9y

4 жыл бұрын

Jack The Ripper that’s cool bro, I hope Iranians and Kurds and Arabs and Turks make up and focus on the real enemies ( isreal )

The Persians were generally cool. They were pretty apathetic about how you lived. Sure they wanted expansion, but the were generally ok

@ainazaghdam8622

4 жыл бұрын

Did u know one time they went in to a war with Greeks. But the Greeks refused to accept them as an empire. So they Cyrus STOPPED THE WAR cause he didn't want to force people into his empire ..... I mean was he even a human

@mxpronounced3224

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanb.8114 well yikes there

@konstantinosmandalos7596

4 жыл бұрын

@@ainazaghdam8622 A conqueror that didn't want to force people in his empire... sure. I suggest you get your history from other places than Iranian propaganda. Then maybe you can form an opinion on your own. There are no conquerors that invade places where other people have settled for generations in order to "liberate them". Not Alexander, not Genghis Khan, not Julius Caesar. All of them see the opportunity to expand and take it. Out of this both bad and good things may arise.

@tasinal-hassan8268

4 жыл бұрын

@@konstantinosmandalos7596 It's blatant Persian nationalism crap. They act like that because Arabs handed their asses to themselves.

@saeedvazirian

4 жыл бұрын

@@konstantinosmandalos7596 angry Greeks are so salty you can feed the poverty ridden city states today.

"Fight me, Scrubs!" ~Cyrus

@lnsflare1

3 жыл бұрын

Cyrus, afterwards: "gg, now let's all go out for pizza."

@lo-fiaesthetic5382

2 жыл бұрын

@@lnsflare1 lmao😂😂

The Median empire has a reputation of being Mean, I guess they're a... pretty Average empire

@Tea_Noire

6 жыл бұрын

Nah. During that time period that behavior was considered pretty a la Mode.

@roelin360

6 жыл бұрын

CÓLaocha you know you can edit your comment right?

@samuelwithers2221

6 жыл бұрын

CÓLaocha 👏👏 well played

@mr.e9502

6 жыл бұрын

*claps to your math pun*

@beanieboi7743

6 жыл бұрын

I love this

Cyrus the Great always had good press, and you gotta respect a man like that.

@ramtinfazeli5106

3 жыл бұрын

@Ologh Beig Alexander burned Persepolis and those who were living in the city. Atleast Xerxes burned an empty city.

@lo-fiaesthetic5382

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramtinfazeli5106 not to mention there were bodies found in Persepolis that had skeleton that were violently murdered

My favourite detail in the death of Crassus is that when his head was brought to the capital they were performing the Bacchae of Euripides, which involves a dead king's head being offered to the gods, so they used Crassus's head as a prop in the play. Possibly the single most badass moments in theatrical history, and it shows just how Greek Parthian culture was. Also, that play is really cool and everyone should check it out.

@garmr2512

6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that's metal as fuck.

@saeedvazirian

5 жыл бұрын

Parthians weren't Greek culturally. This is a massive fallacy and I studied this concept with an Iranian archaelogist back in the old country. Parthians, like their Achaemenid predecessors patronixzed their enemies to overcome their rule, so they wrote in all languages pertaining to them (enemies or subjects). Hence their wrote in Assyrian (Akkadian/Sumerian), Greek, some old Arabic and Indian too. Otherwise the Seleucids never dared touch the Parni tribes of North-Eastern Iran. WHat you mentioned was a very, very passive aggressive Persian custom to belittle the enemy. Potentially callous, but Persian nonetheless. Parthians were extremely pan-Iranic (and tribal). They are like the 'Germanic tribes' of Iran.

@aradsstates9584

5 жыл бұрын

Diphyllum parthians rebirth the iranian empire and of course in their 500 years of controlling big part of the world they were helenism for near 200 years because of political issues but also in this 200 years they look forward for iranian and eastern culture and they never been racist like macedonians Seleucids before and persian sassanids after they give freedom to everyone and in their other near300 years they give the upper hand to eastern iranian culture specialy from 50 AC in volgases 1 era

@ftahmasebi9059

3 жыл бұрын

Parthians were not Greek, They were Persians. This guy in this clip is misinforming the truth about Parthians.

@hisdudeness4537

Жыл бұрын

@@saeedvazirian no wonder names of parthian origin are the most popular among iranian given names (excluding arabic names, ofc). The slumbering, all encompassing warrior-poet spirit is slowly rising

Pre-islamic Persia has always been one of my favorite cultures, nice to see a video like this on them, I even learned a few things.

@JAMAL12382

4 жыл бұрын

Erik S Islam is from the first human. Islam is eternal guidance

@OrientalVeedz

4 жыл бұрын

@@JAMAL12382 shut the F Up ! we dont see anything but bloodshed from islam

@tasinal-hassan8268

4 жыл бұрын

@@OrientalVeedz You'll continue to see them,majoosi.

@OrientalVeedz

4 жыл бұрын

@@haitamchouiekh5229 you need to get your brain out of your ass first to see whats going on

@OrientalVeedz

4 жыл бұрын

@@tasinal-hassan8268 dumboy

Great and good are seldom the same man, but Cyrus was certainly both.

Iran (Persia) has a great civilization, culture, rich mythology, and history. Persians (Iranians) gave to the world many great scientists, poets, and philosophers. Many things in this world are invented by Persians 1. Sulfuric acid by Rhazes 2. Computation of 2π by Jamshid Kashani, the Persian astronomer, and mathematician. 3. The first practical windmills for the first time in the history of the world were in Iran. 4. Ethanol by Rhazes 5. A mechanical planetary computer by Jamshid Kashani 6. An ancient type of evaporative cooler and refrigerator 7. Ice Cream 8. Rosewater 9. The art of tile-work was invented and perfected in Iran. 10. The first time that cake was used in a birthday party was by Darius the Great 11. Qanat, 12. Polo 13. Algebra by Khwarizmi 14. Post system, 15. Fork, spoons and many different invents. There are some Persian words from ancient times in the English language like Paradise, Magic, Bazaar, etc. Rhazes was a Persian (Iranian) polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine. Rhazes is considered the father of psychology and psychotherapy, the father of pediatrics, a pioneer in ophthalmology, making leading contributions in inorganic and organic chemistry, also he is the author of several philosophical works, and also first to categorize the Hospital dept as well. Many scholars consider Rhazes one of the greatest medical doctor. Persians in 500 BC used gold spoons and forks and special gold cups at their dinner tables. The cutlery discovered in Pasargadae in Iran appears to pre-date the Greco-Roman cutlery by almost 1000 years. Cyrus the Great wrote the first Human Rights Charter. United Nations uses the Cyrus Cylinder as a pillar of one the earliest declaration of human rights. In Persia, in Persepolis palace female workers even had paid maternity leave. Persians were also known for having women take part in high governmental positions such as in Construction, Administration, Politics, etc as evident by the record-keeping clay tablets throughout Persepolis in Iran. This is something that would not be seen until at least many centuries after. Persian language is one of the oldest living languages. Persian literature is one of the world's oldest literature. The Persian literature described as one of the great literatures of humanity, and it is one of the four main bodies of world literature. Many great philosophers, poets, and scientists were inspired and influenced by the Persian language and literature.

@Stateira_Cyrus

4 жыл бұрын

The translation of the Persian language masterpieces like the Divan of Hafez, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, the Gulistan of Saadi and the Rubaiyat of Khayyam in countries like France, England, Germany, and other European countries astounded the literary circles there Suddenly, the western literary forum faced extraordinary literary works, Saint - Beuve on seeing the Persian literature said: "If we could realize that great works such as the Shahnameh exits in the world, we would not become so much proud of our own works in such a silly manner." Upon knowing Hafez, Goethe, the great German writer and statesman who is one of the 4 pillars of European literature wished to be one of his disciples. Goethe said: "O Hafez, your word is as great as eternity for it has no beginning and no end. Your word, as the canopy of Heaven, solely depends on itself. It is all signs, beauty, and excellence". After studying the lyric poems of Hafiz, Nitsche wrote: "O Hafez, you have created a tavern of philosophy greater than any worldly palace. In it, you provided a wine of grace and word beyond the capacity of the world to drink. The highest pinnacle of any mount is but a sign of your greatness and the unfathomable depth of any vortex is just a mark of your perfection, and the excellence of your word."

@amestrismehrdadi7959

4 жыл бұрын

I'm proud of being Persian.

@Stateira_Cyrus

4 жыл бұрын

As one of the great literatures of mankind the Persian literature has its roots in surviving works in Old Persian or Middle Persian. French poetess Comtesse de Noaille writes in her book, "The Enchanting Garden": " I read this point in the fragrant, pleasant and sad book the reading of which imparted an enchanting intoxication to me and I now know that an enchanting garden really exists and can be seen by the eyes. It is a garden that extends from the foot of the mountainous area named Saadi to Shiraz in Persia. O my soul would it be possible for my body to accompany you and fly to this paradise, where the nightingale frenzied with love sings from spring to summer; the tulips blossom; the air becomes fragrant; the evening breeze entrusts the roses to the winds and from atop the aspens, during the fiery summer, the winds twist while panting with burning breath. The town which is all metal, porcelain, and plaster, shines as bright as silver and gold. Every vaulted dome is like a blue fruit and the intertwining arcs are high points that cast their shadows with their enameled tiles and flowery turquoise design on waters below. " The translation of the ghazals of Hafez by Hammer in Germany, translation of Gulistan in France and the Rubaiyat of Khayyam in England by Fitzgerald, also the poems of Shahnameh by Vohl in France created a deep change in European literature. Other countries of Europe also became aware and cognizant of the precedence of Persia and the inspiring breeze of the Persian gardens. They came to know extraordinary men. This influence was so deep that among the highly valuable works of the individuals like Corneille, Racine, Volaire, Madeleine Scudery, Montesquieu and others, the influence is clearly noticed in their works such as Sorena, Rodgun, Khusrow, Mehrdad, and Bayazid and etc. Schlegel, in the preface to his translation of a part of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh into German, writes: To reach the real fountainhead of romanticism and be satiated with it one must travel to Persia. "

@Stateira_Cyrus

4 жыл бұрын

For centuries, Iran (Persia) has been producing some of the world’s most influential and inspiring poets, whose works revolutionized the literature of both the East and the West. Spanning themes of love, divine mysticism, and human rights. The great Persian (Iranian) Poets: Khayyam, Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Attar, etc, are well known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries. Khayyam was the Great Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. The Persian calendar is the most accurate calendar of the world and it was made by Khayyam. The Persian calendar became the official national calendar of Iran. The Persian calendar is more accurate than the Gregorian calendar. By the 1880s, Khayyam was extremely well known throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent of the formation of numerous "Khayyam Clubs" and a "fin de siecle cult of the Rubaiyat" Khayyam's poems have been translated into many languages. The asteroid was named "Khayyam" in 1980. The planet 3095 Khayyam was named in his honor in 1980 and the lunar crater Khayyam was named in his honor in 1970 as well. One of the holes in the moon was named in honor of "Khayyam".

@tasinal-hassan8268

4 жыл бұрын

All of these were possible because of Islamic imperialism. Zoroastrianism did nothing.

Its the stormtrooper-effect: Those with the greater numbers must be the bad guys! So when we hear of 300 greeks fighting against 1.000.000 persians, there is no question whom we will root for.

@ColonelRPG

6 жыл бұрын

300 plus 7000 to be precise.

@jacobgarrison1510

6 жыл бұрын

Gylbert Farwynd Yeah but they also had better tanks,training, and commanders. Also I think it's safe to say being commanded by an actually evil person cancels out the stormtrooper effect.

@Oscar_Lasco

6 жыл бұрын

And the Greeks (who were more than 300) get a bonus: they were on their own soil.

@dr.spycrab4089

6 жыл бұрын

Something about the human condition always makes us want to root for the underdogs...

@kekero540

6 жыл бұрын

Omega0850 yes but the Persians were still a invading force.

Everytime I watch one of Blue's videos he's like "that's an interesting topic for another video." And I'm like "you're MCU credit teasing us damnit!"

Speaking of sand powered time daggers, a new Prince of Persia game set in real Persian history would be awesome. Maybe the Prince could be one of Cyrus' lesser known sons, exploring his father's empire and partaking in all kinds of swashbucklery.

@knownanonymous1691

3 жыл бұрын

He only had 2 sons The elder one Cambessus killed his younger brother

@soroushtorabi98

Жыл бұрын

but with desert and Arabian clothing and looks

What a self-fulfilling prophecy. "If two nations fight, one of them will win."

Please do the video about zorroastrianism quickly. There is no good video on the subject so far so it would be a good move.

@BallyBoy95

5 жыл бұрын

No rush, there still isn't a good video on the subject aha!

@xuanathan

5 жыл бұрын

My favourite part is where the people kind of just suck, and they torture some dude every time the fuck up.

@user-uq9fg3lu8n

5 жыл бұрын

"Incest is wincest"

@Crosshill

5 жыл бұрын

all i know about them is from crusader kings, it'd be nice to know a bit more than that though

@allensnea9335

5 жыл бұрын

@daldarel, look at the video “crash course on Zoroastrianism” by Stephen gashler. I highly recommend it. Now have a nice day😁👍🏽

3:11 Just want to point out that Cambyses almost certainly didn't actually kill that bull. It was likely propaganda spread by his enemies in the empire after his death.

You did Persia justice. Thank you.

The Persians were really cool. Just, wow. I didn't know they accomplished so much for their time!

@Rondo2ooo

3 жыл бұрын

Their people still are amazing. Don't confuse government with citizens.

I just think of the Persian empire as the 'BIG ASS ONE.' It is both amusing and mildly accurate.

My girlfriend and I fall asleep to this video every night - it started with me trying to watch all the videos in the ancient Mediterranean playlist but I was so tired by the time the Persia video hit I fell asleep half way through. So the next night I tried to watch it again, but fell asleep again. This kept happening over and over again until I think it trained my brain to associate the first few lines and cadence with sleep. Now both my gf and I can recite the first few lines from memory but then can’t remember the rest of the video at all 😂 Blue’s voice is just so calming

@bethanycostello3137

6 ай бұрын

Can confirm! (I’m the girlfriend)

@bethanycostello3137

6 ай бұрын

“If you, like me, learned about the Persian wars from the Greek perspective, or have even soo much as heard of the movie 300..”

Actually, the more recent historians working from Egyptian sources contemporary with Cambyses paint a very different picture. For one, the Egyptian sources (who had no reason to like their new conqueror) don't claim he killed the Apis bull, and in fact record him as following in Cyrus' footsteps and participating in the Egyptian religion as was Achaeminid custom. The derogatory records mostly come from Darius, who maaaaaybe had good reason to paint Cambyses in a negative light.

Great timing, I'm researching the Persians for my own writing projects. Some of the Persian royalty and generals are really interesting.

@ryansmith8345

2 жыл бұрын

It's a bit too late ( like 4 years lol) But make sure research about ARIOBARZANES, or the Hamazons ( the actual Amazons of human history who were an elite gp of female soldiers & warriors in the Persian empire) & tones of other legendary female generals & queens & nobles who were almost equals to their Male legendary counterparts ! & don't just settle down for the Achaemenids !!! The Achaemenids ruled for 3 centuries but the Parthians & the Sassanids combined ruled for about a millennium !!! *way much more context in those eras* . Rome & Iran were called *the two eyes of the earth* for a reason , quality is good & all but durability is even better lol. *Rome & Iran were in a whole another level of greatness since they lasted soop long*

I never heard of the Persian empire until 6th grade but it's only brushed upon the surface with it's culture and war stories. This video dove a bit deeper and I was able to fully understand this unique empire. Thx. Blue

Cambyses II also used Cats as meatshields against the Egyptians, who didn't wanted to fight them. Either way, well done, Blue. Edit: Sorry, but this is mostly from an account made by an scholar, who lived long after that battle, so around the second century after Christ. Herodus mentioned no such cats or sacred animals in his description of the battle, but the conquest of Cambyses is often viewed negatively.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Dylan Chouinard He also murdered many of the kittens and even painted the shields with Kat faces, what a dick. Persian Shars are known to have trolls like Chosrau II, who deported the denizens of Antioch and made them build a city called: newer and better Antioch.

@firetarrasque4667

6 жыл бұрын

This comment hurts my brain.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

3.14 Dragon why? Did I say something wrong.

@dr.spycrab4089

6 жыл бұрын

That is only a few steps away from using live babies as armor... NO ONE WANTS TO STAB A BABY!

@xallion9824

6 жыл бұрын

The Rising Theurge Well, African Slaves built the White House. Tell me about trolling.

My sister in law is Persia, and their history is super interesting. Also throw the best parties you'll ever go to. Js.... :-)

@jenniferreyes2865

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, your girlfriend is Persia?

@saeedvazirian

4 жыл бұрын

Your sister-in-law is the entirety of Iran confirmed.

@mehradebrahimi4051

3 жыл бұрын

thanks and i am persian or iranian we have great civilization

Just like how awesome the achaemenid empire was , this video is awesome in the terms of showing real and genuine history far from the lies and distotions of movies like the 300 and other deceptive historical resources.. Any history lover would be glad to see something like this

Blu, I'd love to see you do a let's play of Civilization or Assassin's Creed- I think it'd be really fun to hear your historic opinion on these games as you play them!

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Since Origins is out, i think it will be awesome.

The Age of Mythology music sold me into subscription. What a great and nostalgic musical force...

This KZread channel is amazing! It's the reason why I found a love for history and chose it as a major ☺️ You're awesome Blue!

Nothing on Khosrau Anushirawan's universities, nor anything about We Antiok Khusrau (Khosrau's better Antioch)? Or how Justinian had attempted to subvert Khosrau's allies during the "Eternal Peace" ? Eternal is apparently 8 years, according to Khosrau btw.

IMO, Cyrus the Great is one of the few leaders in ALL of history who deserve that title. Heck, Cyrus was immortalized by the Jews as a literal Godsend. I would have loved to live there if I had to live in that time.

@yadiraesparza9912

3 жыл бұрын

Your bad kid

@amirarsalanganji8304

3 жыл бұрын

Id just love to time travel back to see what this country was like then( lets just say its not as fair of a place now ) . Id just talk to king cyrus. About anything. Science,art,literature but most of all equality. Im sure hed be suprised to see what his empire is like now

@sachinvenugopal6926

3 жыл бұрын

@@amirarsalanganji8304 he won't bear it

I just recently found this channel. I managed to go through nearly all of your history videos in a few days. I was just wondering yesterday where the video on classical Persia was, and low and behold here it is.

I love this channel because it helps people understand history of the world a little more easier. But I'm wanting to know of when you guys would do a video on Celtic(Keltic) history. For the Celts were known to have a great ideal form of poetry, warfare, and other things that are related to their culture. And as well not many people understand that the history of the Celts, for example the first man to sack Rome was Brennos, a Celtic war chieftain from Gaul, who had managed to outwit the Roman generals not once but twice; plus the Celts had managed to build up a type of culture that can still be see today, such as Hillfort, religion, and even their language. And as well there is even the history of Hallstatt culture, in which was stated of where the Celtic culture had started. And it was even said that when Alexander the Great was about the conquer Persia, Celtic war chieftains were asked to meet with Alexander, and when Alexander had asked the Celtic chieftains if they were afraid of him, the Celtic chieftains told Alexander that they feared nothing, only their Gods, and if the world was to end.

@taiga738

6 жыл бұрын

Neat. Macedonia incorporated bagpipes into their folk music at some point, sheep are native to the Balkans and middle-east and it was a major trading spot for Europe so there was definitely some interaction at some point, though I haven't looked into it in much detail yet. According to genetic analysis France, Spain and Portugal have ties to Mediterranean peoples but that's probably through the Romans since they all speak Latin derived languages and were heavily influenced by them due to the Roman empire. I heard a funny story about some Roman guy getting beat up by the wife of the guy he'd been fighting. I think it was in Britain. I'd love to find the original source for that so I could fully appreciate it. I think they had records of the actual person who got mythologized as king Arthur as well and then there's how Britons moved to Brittany (now a region of France) and became the Bretons. When I learned about that and that it was once part of the kingdom 'Arthur' ruled, it really added context to why those myths are so popular in France, beyond a shared Celtic background.It's obvious the original myths had SOME basis in actual events so it'd be cool if there was a historical analysis trying to figure out what might've been or probably is true and what's complete fabrication.

@phanost13

6 жыл бұрын

Templar Knight It might take awhile, because most sources for Celtic culture are second-hand. As you must know, the Celts didn't write anything, mainly due to their religious beliefs that oral tradition held more power then writing and also due to the Druids wanting to be the main source of information.They did eventually have a writing system but those were mainly used as memory aids and markers rather then full-on sentences. Greek and Roman accounts are the main basis of information we have on the Celts; later Christian missionaries who, on one hand, thoughtfully wrote down culture and myths but on the other, denounced their pagan gods and furthered Christianity as much as they could. There's still alot we don't know about the Celts to be honest, but we know they also weren't a centralized civilization and more a group of tribes sharing a language with a various dialects and similar culture. So each region of Europe and the British Isles have their own gods and subcultures that might be considered as "Celtic". We're still discovering new things about them and maybe by the time Blue makes a video about the Celts, new and enlightening material will make it to the forefront of the news. Here's hoping!

@samueleandriolo4517

6 жыл бұрын

Templar Knight They culture wasn' t useful against Rome

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

phanost13 Socrates would love the Celts.

Really enjoyed the Age of Mythology Music in the video!

@ArgentavisMagnificens

4 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment haha

Persia is the best. #1 Land based Empire of all time. And greatest emperor as well Cyrus the Glo.

I must congratulate you on this fine video Sir. You obviously took the time to do an extensive amount of research and the result speaks for itself. A well thought out, accurate and concise video that does the Persian empires justice.

I enjoy, and appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos. They are both entertaining and educational, and I am always looking forward to the next. In time I do hope you cover Anatolia I know you mentioned the area a bit in this video, but I would love to learn more about them in depth.

"Loves Greek more than most people" same... same

@mehrdad5767

6 жыл бұрын

Kara C what you are an greec!

@saeedvazirian

4 жыл бұрын

I think you missed the point. Persian culture was and still is superior.

@saeedvazirian

3 жыл бұрын

@Cegesh No, Iran literally exists. Perhaps you're dead.

@saeedvazirian

3 жыл бұрын

@Cegesh Iran stands strong regardless of following a specific religion. Zoroastrianism is a religion that influenced Iran but it's merely a faith. Being Iranian Muslim or non-Zoroastrian doesn't make you less of an Iranian.

@saeedvazirian

3 жыл бұрын

​@Cegesh I'm not the obsessed one, you're the one who has the desperate need for responding for closure. If obsession is the problem, don't reply. Accept defeat. Iranian culture actually is one of the strongest preserved one compared to all nations on the planet. After invasions after invasions, Iran still uses names, vocabularies, customs, religious principles (even across non-Zoroastrian faiths) and governance/postal style that is rooted in 2600+ years ago in the Iranian plateau. This is literally true. Not to mention genetically and linguistically and sovereignty is a minimum of 67 - 100% of what it was during the Achaemenid EMpire. Times changes things, but Iranian culture is wholly changed. Anthropologists agree en masse. No, I understand psychology better than you. My resistance against lies and nonsense on the contrary IS healthy, because I'm restablishing the truth despite lies that come from people like you. YOUR habits are unhealthy. If you think this is unhealthy. Don't respond. It's that simple.

0:50 "the median empire had a reputation for being mean" oh the irony

Man, history of ancient civilizations is so fascinating.

i thank you very much for taking the initiativ to show the real side of persias history and more importantly i really appreciate how you give your best to have a very unbiased and well thought out opinion! this is a great character trait! stay like that😀

One of my favourite empires, Persian. I cover a few as well. Nicely done!

As a half Persian half Southern Babtist ;) I can understand the difficulties of pronunciation however, Khosro is prounonced KH-ooo-S-ro just Fyi. Great job and you may be right that Khosro is Cyrus's incarnate

Just fell in love with this channel, subbed, thanks for the great content, please keep it up

Also do not forget about Shapur's greatest feat, capturing both the Roman and Byzantine emperors in his war and keeping them as hostages while they were given sth like a manor of their own and living like esteemed guests while there.

this is such a stupid joke but I have to point it out: so you're saying the MEDIAN empire was MEAN to their subjects...? One could say they had a large RANGE of control

@dylanlowers9546

6 жыл бұрын

Cinnamon Toast Oh wow.... just wow man 😖 😹

@kiyanmehrpour6105

5 жыл бұрын

Of course not.. It has it s own topic I know the story tho...but it s just too much to say u know

@irontemplar6222

4 жыл бұрын

…. please just show yourself out.

@joshcain1032

4 жыл бұрын

One might even say it was their MODE of operation...

@jananias2985

4 жыл бұрын

But what was their mode of control??

I think you overall did a very good job of capturing the subject matter in a casual cartoonist way. It does pick up the nuisances and conflicts without excessive detail allowing the listener to have some basis to go on to other more definitive sources. That is not so easy to do really. And you do an excellent job for the listener of getting them to rethink the anti-Persian propaganda so prominent during the era of cultural imperialism in modern European history but also via Hollywood depictions. Indeed the West had always used Persia as the "Eastern" comparator in creating their own identity. Often it is perpetuated as Greek=West (democratic, advanced, all things good) and Persia=East (despotic, enslaving, effete, corrupt), Persia was one of the greatest and most advanced civilizations in human history that shaped the modern world as we know it. Its fingerprint can be found in a diversity of areas, including some you have mentioned such as being the blue print for the multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial, multi religious nation. Thomas Jefferson was famously a student of the Persian Empire and admirer of Cyrus the Great, and is known to have used principles of the early Persians (later discovered in the Cyrus Cylinder) when putting together the Constitution of the USA and in how to envision the modern nation with eclectic personages. A couple of things I would say were a little misleading though was that the Medes didn't treat people well. This is not something historians speak too. Croesus was NOT Greek but Lydian who were an Indo-European Anatolian peoples who did have close contact with Asian Greeks. Finally, the Sassanids did centralize the Persians back to the Achaemenid model whereas the Parthians, who may have been more "Philhelene" after centuries of Seleucid rule, had been feudalistic. Not much is known about the Parthians because they left little records. The Sassanids also created the groundwork for the Golden Age of Islam in terms of academic, scientific, and medical advances. The establishment of the Academy of Gondishapur was at the time, the most important medical center in the ancient world and where academic medicine and the hospital system as we know it was birthed. There were allegedly 40,000 books in the library and scholars from all over the known world were recruited to Gondishapur. Once the Arabs conquered Persia, the Academy and its staff migrated to the new academic center at Baghdad up the road. The Persians would lay the foundations for and disproportionately contribute to the Golden Age of Islam, one of human histories most galvanizing periods of advancement. Parthian and Sassanid Persia's architecture and art would also produce the template for the look and feel of Middle East, Central Asia, and even the Indian Subcontinent during Mughal times.

@Atelier-KaRo

2 жыл бұрын

Besides the historical facts you perfectly summarized we shouldn't forget the deep and beautiful poetry. If you like Persian poetry you can find some on my site. 🥂

dude great work. i love your videos. its so fascination but i dont have the time or energy to do all the research... so keep it up bro... could you also do more videos like ... a summerized court version and a more detailed verision? please!!!

This is the most beautiful video I've seen from the historical community, thank you.

Wait, Alexander the Splendid?😂

@hades2596

6 жыл бұрын

Every time I say his name I give him a different name. "Great" is just so bland, you know?

@selenagamya1612

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander the A-Okay

@CasualHistorian

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander the above-average

@deleted3285

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander the pasable

@goldenfoxa1810

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Hamilton

The Median empire was mean to their subjects? Good thing Cyrus helped bring in a new mode; sounds a bit average.

@zapdragon23

6 жыл бұрын

damn it!

@emdadahmed5592

5 жыл бұрын

Gosh darn it, dad

@user-ge8yn4ql4i

5 жыл бұрын

A joke that Red may have enjoyed :)

@GeneralDragon011

3 жыл бұрын

Damn it, no one said there would be math!

the AOM music is so great and I'm glad you use it

Currently studying for the Praxis, so this was extremely helpful. Thanks!

I remember one entire paragraph in my textbook trying to sum up the entirety of Persian history. Damn, I wish we learned more, their history is fascinating

Drinking while watching this and 2019. Good times😁

Brilliant teaching style. Love it. Thank you.

I just watched this and already became your fan.. keep the good work ❤❤❤

One thing I love to note is that at its height, the Achaemenid Empire had an estimated 44% of the world’s population under its rule, making it the largest empire in history in that metric (which I consider to be one of the most relevant metrics)

I'm liking Cyrus the Great more and more whenever he is mentioned on these videos

Wow some grand empires there, thanks for sharing!

I love your style of storytelling and occasional humoristic sarcasm

Persia, like China, is a perennial superpower. They've had a rough go in this last century, but their influence in the region and the world is steadily increasing. They'll be back to form before you know it.

@mohamadcheshmak4145

6 жыл бұрын

I like that

@user-iv2dx9ps9y

6 жыл бұрын

ancient persia?maybe,modern persia?hardly,they can become a respectable power but other than that it's just unrealistic thinking,especially with their fucked goverment,and i am pretty sure the arabs won't let that happen,and i don't blame them i think it's one of their rights,this modern world isn't like the times of ancient persia,it's about nationalism.

@armbaria

6 жыл бұрын

Iranians are already controlling Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and soon Yemen and Palestine (The Islamic government is not gonna last long with these protests ) Iranian people want Iran to be Iranian, not Arabic.

@saeedvazirian

5 жыл бұрын

ok dank memes the cureent Iranian govt has the exact same obstacles in their path as the pre-Islamic Persian empires. Annoying westerners US and UK (Greeks), similar taxation system, similar vassal system and similar proxies. Actually all Iranian govts mimicked this expet perhaps the Turkic Persian govts.

@SweetOne968

4 жыл бұрын

You increased my patriotism brother

Can you do a Re-summarize of Persia? I don't really know any trust worthy sources about the subject.

I'm loving this series.

I love your art style is really awesome like you guys!

YEy for sand-powed time daggers !! God i love those games btw !

@AnduNinicu

6 жыл бұрын

Mate , it is a game referance , Prince of Persia , the sands of time !

Darius the King says: These are the countries which came to me; by the favor of Ahuramazda I was king of them: Persia, Elam, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, (those) who are beside the sea, Sardis, Ionia, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Parthia, Drangiana, Aria, Chorasmia, Bactria, Sogdiana, Gandara, Scythia, Sattagydia, Arachosia, Maka: in all, 23 provinces.

These are marvelous thank you

Thank you for this fair and realistic video.

I'm not sure about others but I'd love to see a video on Zoroastrianism, Manicheanism and Mazdakism.

@takshashila2995

5 жыл бұрын

and hellenism

@romanrepublic1356

4 жыл бұрын

That's not a religion.

@covenawhite4855

4 жыл бұрын

@@takshashila2995 You mean Greco-Roman Mythology

@saeedvazirian

4 жыл бұрын

and the Roman cult of Mithraism (pro-Persian cult)

Greetings to my Persian brothers, much love from Mesopotamia Iraq 🇮🇶

@persianrenegade225

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻❤🙏🏻

Hey Blue, have you checked out Greco-Bactria in the post- Alex the Great conquest? Really interesting mix of Greek and Eastern cultures.As an Ancient Cultures student, I love your videos!! They are Awesome!!

Wow! I love your channel I was really hoping to find a video about Persia in here. Because as you said many people see them as bad and aggressive people while they were low key one of the fairest, most civilized empire of its own time. Thanks a lot!

Can you do one on the German Empire?????

@petermendez7654

6 жыл бұрын

He said he would cover the HRE (aka Germany) in a future video

@ralphjosephacobo8014

6 жыл бұрын

Which German Empire?

@Samm815

6 жыл бұрын

The Forty Year Old Empire

@ralphjosephacobo8014

6 жыл бұрын

From the Rise of Prussia to After the Great War?

@hansbrackhaus8017

6 жыл бұрын

"Can you do one on the German Empire?????" That would be interesting...in the way of seeing someone from the States, the nation with so much propaganda and wool over eye pulling, that I'd be interested in how it would pan out.

Yo, i miss legends summarized. AKA the jurney to the west

@spacetrashpile7199

6 жыл бұрын

Mae Mae journey to the west takes literally forever, and she just released Heracles 5 days ago. I like Journey to the West, but I like this stuff too.

YAAAAAA, ONE OF MY FAVORITE Topics

This was incredibly helpful

I think the first time I heard about Persia was from an episode of "The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible" - specifically, the Daniel episode where Babylon is "divided between the Medes and Persians", and while the new king is stated to be Darius the Mede, I assumed back then that Medes and Persians were interchangeable. Therefore, when King Darius was shown as a chill enough dood, I automatically assumed "Persia consisted of pretty chill dudes." Child logic, everyone. After that, my exposure was through Age of Empires 2, wherein Persia was the only faction to have War Elephants this time around (this was WAY before "Rise of the Rajas" changed that). Given that I loved War Elephants in the original Age of Empires, I couldn't help but view them positively (but the Byzantines were better. :P).

Wish you have covered the seleucid empire for longer than 2 seconds

Thank you for the great truthful detailed deep dive in Ancient Persia - ps love ur avatar :3

Well said! 👍🏻 Thank you! 🙏🏻

You should do a history summarized of India

@bloodfiredrake7259

6 жыл бұрын

Ęÿūį Æßñ that's pretty impossible considering how diverse SA is

@nikolajsteffensen6578

6 жыл бұрын

time to conquer all of india~ most of india~

@debodatta7398

6 жыл бұрын

Yea it would be impossible he could do various empires of India however such as 1 video for the Mauryans, another for the Guptas , another for the Harsha's and obviously the Cholas, Pandyas, Velirs and Cheras etc

@xjsnjkil2070

6 жыл бұрын

I am not interested in India, the country, but I am interested in any other Indians.

@monsieurorleans1329

6 жыл бұрын

Ęÿūį Æßñ to long.

I love Persia, but the Greeks need to chill and stop being biased to any empire attacking their homeland!

@taiga738

6 жыл бұрын

And also stop being so xenophobic in the present day. Pretty much the only minority they recognize is Muslims (apparently usually referring to people of Turkish descent rather than Muslims in general) and that's because it was specified in one of the international treaties they signed at some point. They've even been taken to court on human rights abuses pertaining to the suppression of non Greek cultural expression since that and pretending to be 'ethnically pure' is the whole reason they deny the existence of other ethnic groups within their borders to begin with. Not sure how much of that you already knew so sorry if it's old news to you.

@petermendez7654

6 жыл бұрын

taiga738 Yeah but I was referring to the ancient Greek city states. That is true though.

@taiga738

6 жыл бұрын

I wasn't sure, since that bias continued into the present as well. I haven't heard much negativity aimed at the Persian empire but they went full genocide and cultural erasure on Macedonians pretty much claiming all the ancient Macedonian stuff was Greek despite many, many sources stating otherwise. Sure a lot of it was due to feeling threatened by the Republic of Macedonia's cultural and historical claim to the part of Macedonia it occupied but considering the centuries of antagonism I'm pretty sure they held a grudge from the past too. I felt pretty cheated when I dug it all up and realized why it was so hard to research ancient Macedonia all those times I'd tried before or why pretty much no one I talked to seemed to know about it unless they lived in the Balkans or had relatives there. My highschool history class didn't go far enough back to mention the partition among the factors leading up to WW1, the Greek civil war didn't come up during the cold war stuff, I'm pretty sure my art class called the Byzantine empire Greek when we were going over art history and every now and then the school curriculum called for some history on Greek mythology and occasionally other aspects of Greek culture and history, where at least it wasn't claimed that Macedonia was Greek.

@willnash7907

6 жыл бұрын

Just for some interesting information. Greece has a ludicrously misrepresented government, the xenophobes are a loud minority, not inexistant, but closer to a 30% than a 60%.

@taiga738

6 жыл бұрын

If the xenophobes are in places of power and authority, the exact percentage doesn't matter; there are still too many. It's like how not everyone in the US is racist but enough of them are and most of the people in places of authority are among them so racism is pretty much all over the place. Greece is still antagonizing Macedonia in terms of things like EU membership and continuing to bitch about the name claiming only Greece has a right to use it and pretending it's always been part of Greece. Macedonians are still assaulted for using their language or trying to express themselves culturally. People with the slightest affiliation to Macedonia or trying to report on their situation in Greece still get barred from entry. I'm not sure if it's still an issue but there was a government policy stripping Macedonians of their citizenship if they left the country for prolonged periods of time. Greece still doesn't follow EU regulations regarding minorities, such as bilingual signage restoring the Macedonian names they removed. 30% is still a large number. Over a quarter, a mere 20% away from half and that's probably only the ones willing to admit to their xenophobia. Of course not all Greeks are like that but that's not really the point, much like how not all people of some other group are a certain way despite it being a problem. The problem is still there and in need of being addressed regardless of how much of a group they actually consist of. I mean, there are a few Greek historians who went against the nationalistic revisionism and tried to paint an accurate portrait of the situation but thy were outliers that tended to get shoved aside by their Greek peers. Political interests in other countries also factor into the issue, so it's not like Greece is the only country causing those problems but they ARE the loudest, persistent and most actively harmful.

Love your channel!

That oracle was wonderfully vague because it would come true whether Creses won or lost. Very clever!

*PLEASE * do Epic of Gilgamesh!!

@ahmedamine24

3 жыл бұрын

Duuuuuuuude

Persian empire: Just be good with one an other for the love Ahura masda.

You describe Cyrus as this great guy but I can’t get over how he keeps declaring war on me at the beginning of every civ game

Great Thanks for sharing

The Zoroastrianism of the Achaemenid empire is quite different from that of the Sassanid empire - the orthodoxy that exists still today, that most people think of, but incorrectly also reference when discussing the first Persian empire.

Parthians are also Persian as well. They claimed ancestry from the Achaemenids and Cyrus the great for example.

I love that you use the soundtrack from Age of Mythology in the background.

Loved this video. Im fascinated by Persian culture. Liked and commented though because of the PoP reference at the end!