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muriel_volestrangler

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17. He was quite different from the 20th century Shah

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:40 PM

8 hrs ago

He was the start of the Achaemenids; but they were overthrown by Alexander the Great (330 BC), and his Greek successors the Seleucids ruled, until the Parthians took control of what is roughly now Iran, mid 2nd century BC. But they fell to the Sassanids in the early 3rd century AD. The Arabs conquered them in the 7th century. Then we get periods of independence, and rule by Turks, Mongols, or their successors. It's about 1500 that something like the independent state of Persia/Iran emerges and stays basically independent until today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran

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Iran has been around for 10,000 years as we celebrate 250 years. [View all] pwb 16 hrs ago OP

We've always had a president over the past 250 years. Omnipresent 16 hrs ago #1

They had a Shah for thousands of years. LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #12

He was quite different from the 20th century Shah muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #17

History ( still castrate the rapist ) Whip-poor-will 16 hrs ago #2

No, Saul was travelling north from Judea to Damascus muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #4

Isn't it north east? LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #14

Many apologies - yes (nt) muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #19

Iran isn't mentioned too much in the bible. There was some old testament stuff with Persian warriors. LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #15

Been thinking about this for days malaise 16 hrs ago #3

I don't think anyone would date Iran or Persia "10,000 years" muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #5

It is older. pwb 12 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 11 hrs ago #10

I'm not celebrating "250," but I get your point. nt City Lights 13 hrs ago #6

They had a large empire dalton99a 13 hrs ago #7

Iran is estimated to be about 2500 - 3500 years old. LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #18

+1 dalton99a 8 hrs ago #22

Egypt was under Ptolemaic Greek rule 332-30 BCE, and then under Roman rule until 642 CE, Crunchy Frog 7 hrs ago #23

Posthumous Ronnie: "Don't bomb Iran, they put me in office!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 12 hrs ago #8

True, but the Islamic Republic of Iran is less than 50 years old Jose Garcia 9 hrs ago #11

Yeah, but have you seen that power structure flow chart? LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #20

Not with organizational continuity. n/t Munu 8 hrs ago #13

"Iran has us when it comes to brain power." Do they? EX500rider 8 hrs ago #16

They don't have 10,000 years of continuous history. Crunchy Frog 8 hrs ago #21