Persian Empire stuff.A famous mosaic of Alexander the Great fighting the Persian Emperor Darius.Alexander landed in Asia Minor in 334 BC. His armies quickly swept through Lydia, Phoenicia, and Egypt, before defeating Darius III at Gaugamela (331 BC) and capturing the capital at Susa.
A carving of Greek Alexander the Great fighting the Persians.
After the fall of the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great kept expanding his Macedonian Empire out to India, 334-323 BC.
But before this catastrophe happened, the Persian Empire united people and kingdoms from every major civilization in south West Asia and North East Africa.
Some Persian and Median soldiers, from carvings on Persepolis (Iran).
Fuck yeah, Alexander the Great! He totally owned those barbarians and showed them some good old Western supremacy.
>>359984If you think Persian Empire was comprised of barbarians, you deserve to be shown some knowledge supremacy.
This is interesting. I'll contribute
Damn. The two Persian Empires had amazing art, culture, science and history.Then came sandniggers.
>>360057they BECAME sandniggers after the islamification of the area is more correct I think. Either that or they've always been said niggers. Though I remember my history prof at college saying something about persians being of aryan descendant or something like that.
>>360064You are quite correct. They were Indo-Iranian - Aryan.There are still some places in Iran and India Persians cling to their old culture.Google Farrokh BulsaraHe was one of them
MOAR!>Farroukh Bulsara
>>360064>>360057I suppose change is a bad thing. Then again, i've never been to the South.
persian GIRLS plx
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wonderful thread is wonderful. love ancient history.
>>361189no. just no. you obviously do not know a single persian girl. if you did you'd realize how awful they truly are. at least persian girls who live in america anyways.