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muriel_volestrangler

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

Reply to pwb (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:25 PM

20 hrs ago

That's tradition, not reality. And it's Wikipedia - check the source given for that sentence (https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.21085/page/109/mode/1up?q=Vujaa ), and it turns out to not mention "Ayranm Vujaa" at all. It does mention Susa (a city of the Elamites) at 4500 BC, ie 6,500 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 17 hrs ago #12

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

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

No, Saul was travelling north from Judea to Damascus muriel_volestrangler 22 hrs ago #4

Isn't it north east? LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #14

Many apologies - yes (nt) muriel_volestrangler 17 hrs ago #19

Iran isn't mentioned too much in the bible. There was some old testament stuff with Persian warriors. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #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 21 hrs ago #5

It is older. pwb 21 hrs ago #9

"Tradition recorded in The Story of Civilization notes that the name "Ayranm Vujaa" was used about 12,000 years ago" muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #10

I'm not celebrating "250," but I get your point. nt City Lights 21 hrs ago #6

They had a large empire dalton99a 21 hrs ago #7

Iran is estimated to be about 2500 - 3500 years old. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #18

+1 dalton99a 16 hrs ago #22

Egypt was under Ptolemaic Greek rule 332-30 BCE, and then under Roman rule until 642 CE, Crunchy Frog 16 hrs ago #23

Posthumous Ronnie: "Don't bomb Iran, they put me in office!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 21 hrs ago #8

True, but the Islamic Republic of Iran is less than 50 years old Jose Garcia 18 hrs ago #11

Yeah, but have you seen that power structure flow chart? LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #20

Not with organizational continuity. n/t Munu 17 hrs ago #13

"Iran has us when it comes to brain power." Do they? EX500rider 17 hrs ago #16

They don't have 10,000 years of continuous history. Crunchy Frog 16 hrs ago #21