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muriel_volestrangler

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5. I don't think anyone would date Iran or Persia "10,000 years"

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:05 AM

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If you want a "cradle of civilization", most would suggest Mesopotamia, going back maybe 5,500 years. The history of who is in charge of areas ebbs and flows. The earliest "civilization" in what is now Iran was probably the Elamites, from around 5,000 years ago. "Persians" appear about 3,000 years ago.

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Iran has been around for 10,000 years as we celebrate 250 years. [View all] pwb Yesterday OP

We've always had a president over the past 250 years. Omnipresent Yesterday #1

They had a Shah for thousands of years. LeftInTX Yesterday #12

He was quite different from the 20th century Shah muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #17

History ( still castrate the rapist ) Whip-poor-will Yesterday #2

No, Saul was travelling north from Judea to Damascus muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #4

Isn't it north east? LeftInTX Yesterday #14

Many apologies - yes (nt) muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #19

Iran isn't mentioned too much in the bible. There was some old testament stuff with Persian warriors. LeftInTX Yesterday #15

Been thinking about this for days malaise Yesterday #3

I don't think anyone would date Iran or Persia "10,000 years" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #5

It is older. pwb Yesterday #9

"Tradition recorded in The Story of Civilization notes that the name "Ayranm Vujaa" was used about 12,000 years ago" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #10

I'm not celebrating "250," but I get your point. nt City Lights Yesterday #6

They had a large empire dalton99a Yesterday #7

Iran is estimated to be about 2500 - 3500 years old. LeftInTX Yesterday #18

+1 dalton99a Yesterday #22

Egypt was under Ptolemaic Greek rule 332-30 BCE, and then under Roman rule until 642 CE, Crunchy Frog Yesterday #23

Posthumous Ronnie: "Don't bomb Iran, they put me in office!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #8

True, but the Islamic Republic of Iran is less than 50 years old Jose Garcia Yesterday #11

Yeah, but have you seen that power structure flow chart? LeftInTX Yesterday #20

Not with organizational continuity. n/t Munu Yesterday #13

"Iran has us when it comes to brain power." Do they? EX500rider Yesterday #16

They don't have 10,000 years of continuous history. Crunchy Frog Yesterday #21