Why The Persians Should Be The Good Guys In '300' - Hilarious Helmet History #1
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Why The Persians Should Be The Good Guys In '300' - Hilarious Helmet History #1 
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Every hero is someone else's villain.
they dont seem to understand that
"From my point of view, the JEDI are evil!"
Which never made sense, I get that from the right perspective it seems a little bit like the Jedi purged anyone whos religion differed a little from theirs. but thats only if you ignore all the good they were trying to do in the now. where the solution of the sith was kill everything in sight.
Yeah and like 9000000% of the known world at the time thought Persia was the giant impending doom upon them. An inevitable tide of death or submission. That whole bit he went into here about "After he conquered them, the ruler was actually quite a nice guy" lol yeah. Thats the point.
N Carey I'm just over here thinking that there are never good guys in war just a back and forth between defense and offense.
Spartan: "Tell him he faces free men here, not slaves!"
Persian: "Is that because all your slaves are locked in your basement?"
that was awesome😂😂😂
AHAHAHHHH!!!!!!!!
you single handedly fucked the entire west and their shitty legacy with your badass Persian-witted comment. Fucking love it. Iran won.
it's just a movies . but it's not real
@@freedomfighter8840 based on real historical events.
I actually didn't find this out why Hollywood hate ancient Persia history ?
Because of current political issues with Iran
@@yaladdin3594 pretty I've known it but I like to realize this from American people and their ideas
Americans are just like the ancient greeks they lie too much about their history
@@watsonnata9604 exactly , I'M very wondered since American's supposed that greek history is theirs 😆 , but Anglo-Saxon race is so far to black hair Greece people! This companionship is obviously wrong
They still do
I'm Persian and I was watching this movie and I was like "what the hell??" thank you for finally talking about this.
You get black people in Iran
im Greek and proud of what the spartans did. 300 vs thousands of persians.
@@dodgeghoul4852 im proud of what albania and turkey did
@@dodgeghoul4852 lets remember that it wasn't just a flat field 300v1000s
@@dodgeghoul4852 yes, 300 spartans and 3000 non spartan warriors
It's just Hollywood, in 100 years someone will make a movie about 300 marines fighting off 1M Iraqis in Texas.
You do realize that this movie is based on a fictional comic book that is inspired by the battle of thermopylae wait my mistake your brain can't comprehend that.
@@acrippledlittlerata9491 You are agreeing with me, I was just using a metaphor to make the point that you are making. Potrails of history will be "inspired" by history and will deviate from history due to contemporary bias influences and beliefs. Also I think you might be a kid, like 12 or 13. 14 at most.
@@acrippledlittlerata9491 would you like it if the Persians made a movie about 200 immortals fighting against 1 billion hoplites?
Accuracy on fleak.
Try 2 and a half millennia, a single century isn't enough for that kinda discrepancy
Isn't 300 framed as a legend being told to soldiers by a general?
The hypocrisy only adds to that charm. The Spartans have no self-awareness.
The CM Studio That's the point. It's framed within the film as a legend of the Battle of Thermopylae being told by the Spartans to their countrymen.
Inaccuracies that favor the Spartans are there intentionally.
This is how I rationalize Miller's awful writing.
ok i'm going to try to clarify what narwhal is saying that you seem to be missing.
in the movie, the plot of the movie is that the blind spartan who survived the battle of thermopylae is telling this story to the spartan army to get them energized for the battle ahead.
this means that the demonization of the persians is an intentional bit of exaggeration and propaganda from the soldier telling the story.
no one is saying anything about actual history. no one is saying this is bias or unbiased. This is suppose to be a story from a spartan to other spartans in the middle of a war against persia. it has nothing to do with their society, their politics, or even their military strategy... it's a fucking pep rally.
NoESanity Thank you.
I swear some people just cannot judge art. You'd think they'd actually pay attention to the movie they were watching, but nope everything flies over their heads and the SJW demons are set loose.
Not a single mention of the core fact of 300. That the Spartans, good or bad, were defending their country against an *invasion* by Persia. Or are invasions now ok as long as they are by good guys? Surely the lesson is that a large empire requires good governance, taxes, and bureaucracy to exist. Small countries can rely on more rigid central structures.
Great work! As a French, the history and culture of Persia have always been one of my favorites👍
Cyrus The Great is actually The Grandfather of Democracy, also known as the "King of Kings".
The first peace maker
no he was great king Democracy is a foolish
The king of kings actually has another meaning
One of our past kings(mohammadreza shah)says
Im the king of kings becuase eveey persian is a king
@SIDO doesnt make any difference .medes Persian parthian scythians were all Iranians with diffrent tribe name and they all spoken Iranian language and in time the language gets some changes on their spelling and ......
It's like the greeks had Athens and Spartans and Macedonia and .......
The medes at first had 7 tribe and 3 of them were Iranian speaker and other were part of mana and gutian tribes and the ruler and the kings of medes were Iranian people (aryans).cyrus grand father was mede and they married with the king of Ansan city .the Iranians after the migration to iran after 1500 BC in diffrent periods ,they mixed with the native Iranians and iranians farmers like the Elamites and the kassites and gutians in zagros mountain and manna people who spoken hurrian language family
democracy is a illusion, only fools believe in it.
But did the Persians have abs?
nick manges you'd probably get some nice muscles if you had to walk all the way from Iran to Greece in heavy armor.
nick manges no! but they have lovely carpets
And cats. Don't forget the cats.
Abs were a Spartan invention.
Croí Saor Were their workouts called "Abs of Bronze?"
Fun fact, during the second invasion of Greece by the Persians (the 300 one) more Greeks fought with the Persians than against them
Spartans even considered slaves bigger threat than "SLAVERS"
If you wnat to know why because they were under persia...
Because they were afraid and didn't think they could win or were hired mercenaries. Also I doubt there were more greeks on the persians side, unless you are talking about greeks from the persian controlled cities in Anatolia
Yeah, because it was mandatory for any conquered land to send conscripts to fight in the persian army. I wasn't for persian patriotism.
@@brucejedilee5290 many northern greek states allied themselves with the persians, some willingly and others threatened with invasion. thrace was a region who, according to Herodotus, were forced to ally with the persians. thebes was a greek city state who willingly allied themselves with the persians. well, the spartans forced thebes to fight at thermopylae, but after the battle thebes switched sides officially.
The real Xerxes was a legend,he use to rule kingdoms from India to Ethiopia,he was also mentioned in the Bible,he married Esther of the Bible.He is the grandson of Cyrus the Great.
Exactly he not some gay dude in a underwear he was actually smart masculine with a Leonidas body type
Wait he actually did married Esther?
@@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos No it is Jewish propaganda,his wife was amestris a zoroastrian Persian NOT a Jewish Persian.
No he is not. Cyrus the great had 2 children: Bardiya and Cambyses, both of which died before having children. Xerxes is son of Darius, who claimed to be the cousin of Cyrus the Great.
@@mojcyrus1495 ah that make sense.
As a Persian, this video is wholesome, thank u;Every seconds of it heals the wounds embedded by Hollywood lol
It’s a fucking movie chill
Based on a comic book, for gods sake, it has a gazelle playing a cello, yall need to chill on the “Hollywood propaganda against Persia” like who in the actual fuck cares about that anymore, it makes no sense at all
It’s a fucking movie chill
Based on a comic book, for gods sake, it has a gazelle playing a cello, yall need to chill on the “Hollywood propaganda against Persia” like who in the actual fuck cares about that anymore, it makes no sense at all
@@MexJew Dang, why are you so bothered by someone else’s opinion? You don’t have to agree but they have a right to have their own beliefs
Hollywood dosnt like eastern history
@@MexJew but it is affect people beliefs
Someone check this guy for Persian gold.
musicf3b just check his foreskin.
Javier Fernandez what's that going to prove? Foreskin isn't a clear indicator of anything nowadays
Artliker1234 blasphemy.
musicf3b or he just knows that the Cyrus Cylinders are the oldest recorded laws that would still be considered progressive in much of the modern world, and Frank Miller is a guy who worships brute force at all costs.
Xerxes: Unlike the cruel Leonidas that requires you to post good content, I merely require you to sub for sub.
Wonnabe tuber: I want it all! The tubebucks, the fanbois, the popularity...and one more thing...a stupid catchphrase!
Xerxes: Done.
finally someone who give a shit about accurate history
But hey Persians never had the largest empire the world has ever seen!
@@TheMrUZB Yes they had , in relation to the known and civilized world of world
@@arminkiani4127 that is a very inaccurate and an ignorant statement to make. Persians never conquered ancient nations such as China, India, the Turkic people and Mongolians; but the Persians themselves were conquered numerous times.
@@TheMrUZB who said thea persian never captured turkey? Turkey was part of the Achaemenid Empire, and even in the time of Sassanid, there were part of Turkey and Asia Minorians
Al last , When Persians captured Athen There is no mongolia no France no Turkey and about what country you said There is just a little parts of chine please see the maps of the known world in 2500 years ago
@@TheMrUZB and I forgot something . Persians captured parts of india many times since 2500 years ago to 400 years ago (This does not mean that in all these years, it was part of Iran, but the time interval of Iranian kings that conquered India like nadershah)
Persia was actually a good empire. They are really interesting to read about.
@@ur_mum4386 ببین من ایرانی هستم. ایران یکی از بهترین فرهنگ ها تقریبا قدیمی ترین تاریخ از هر نقطه غنی فقط حاکم خوب ندارن
"Good"
Invading other lands isn't a good thing🤦.
@@WillHoward2002 each and every country did that..
@@WillHoward2002 your ignorance is frankly world shattering, i am surprised the world didn't just disappear into the aether.
Literally the first rule of history is to never apply modern morality to ancient people, not a single country in history is innocent, not one, so grow up and start actually opening a book instead of judging people from 2000 years ago on your high horse of privilege and arrogance
Im persian and im happy that someone said the truth
True brother.
I didn't know that Persian empires are actually a good kingdom where slaves are not existed but freedom of culture existed
Your ancestors tried to take over the world, and my ancestors smashed them. L
@@mcloathin3354 his ancestors are superior humans that are responsible for great advancements for humanity and he belongs to the race worthy of being called the superior race unlike you
@@mcloathin3354 lmao delirous
Every one forgets about the fact that persia built it’s empire without slaves
everyone forgets it because its a lie
Chad it's really not. To denial fact that is well known is extremely stupid.
If that is a lie then is the 300 a lie to think about 300 spartans vs 1 million Persian immortals yeah right
There were only 10,000 Immortals. They kept it that way.
Imagine an NFL team in full pads playing against a High School team with leather helmets. That was a Greek Hoplite vs. Persian Infantry.
FINALLY, SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS!
Just press Caps Lock again and it will be okay!
I ll never forget when my Grandpa Who was a Historian and also happened to be General MacArthurs translator during WW2 finished watching 300 with me walked shook his head chuckling as he stepped away to his office/workshop. I asked his thoughts and he replies ..Oh my dear grandson how easy it is for one to tell history the way they want it to be remembered rather than to do just by telling it the way it really happened. He went on about how the persians had to travel for months and build bridges and all kinds of bizarre feats just to get there and win the battle in a couple days. How free and just the persian empire was. How Cyrus the King was the most honorable and great Kings of history but no one will ever tell his story with the same Bright Lights and Glam.
underrated grandpa hope he's alright
Sadly your Grandpa is right, no one is gonna tell the story of Cyrus the Great, cuz even the government in Islamic Republic of Iran don’t let ppl talk abt the history before Muslim conquest of Persia
Your grandfather is a wise man and as an Iranian I am glad that such wise people are in the world.
Persian empire is soo underrated, they were way ahead of there time
They were, Iran had many exceptional great empires/dynasties, but not anymore. Iran today is such a mere shadow of its former glory. As they say it takes generations to build great things, but it only takes one or few incompetent ones to ruin everything.
You don't know what "ahead of there time" means. Please be smarter and not just repeat other people like a parrot!
Lmao im Greek and all he says is true
I'm Persian and i love greek
this 300 movie is bullshit.
greek and persian not like that they more deeper. Philosophy and Zoroastrianism.
@Wignat Fedposter dude i can smell you from here, take a shower
@Wignat Fedposter First of all , every country has been bloodmixed from 2000 years ago . + you can see documentaries about the greek DNA , + yes you are right , we cannot be the same in spirit or anything else like ancient greeks we lost our roots and our ethics , but neither are u or anyone else . And Besides u just used many Greek words through your speech , so fuck you
@@user-yh8yp5lq3m We are greeks not anything else
Well said 👍🏻
Persian have philosophy too in their culture They say Zarathushtra.
Who believe in good things and they say they must fight the devils.
The dont have it anymore beacuse Islam destroyed it
@@svarog8546 It's embedded in Iranian culture, Zoroastrianism became our culture. Islam simply became our religion. Both are intertwined and important to our identity.
If only the ERE and the Sassanaid lived as fellow brethren like they did before, instead of fighting each other causing their own downfall, especially the ERE, "the worst enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire, was themselves"
@@svarog8546 Persian culture never can be destroyed.
@@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos sassanid was a great Empire.
These wars began between them with marcus Licinius Crassus Dives attack.(ere)
and after this muslims Destroy both of them.
and this was the end of Great kingdoms. (Persian and Roman).
Nietzsche, the great western philosopher " It would have been much more fortunate had the Persians become masters of the Greeks "
"Nietzsche became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. His attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality, and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. "
Very interesting! Nietzsche is one of the most influential men in history.
Do you have any pages something??
@@amiramiri1471 Yes, read this : Nietzsche and Persia/Iran www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nietzsche-and-persia
Persia/Iran is beautiful. The Persians are one of the most ancient peoples of the world. Persia/Iran is one of the most ancient countries and civilizations in the world.
Nietzsche a navel gazing wanna be philosopher/poet
3 years after Thermopolis and Sparta gives up:
The 300, "Our sacrifice was in vain?"
Persia, "YES."
Impossible especially in the film industry. How can an eastern civilization ever be a good guy?
You Should Check out the history of iran before it raided by the Arabians
They Forced Persians by the swordTo Believe in Islam...
@@pedramfazel95 you cannot force someone to believe in anything. they might appear to be believing in Islam but they will not perform the activities of Islam nor will teach their descendants to be a Muslim.
So you cannot establish a religion or faith by force.
@@DomanicGamingYT Romans did it with Christians. Christians did it with Christians. And it's still happening today. Religion just needs to go, it's the 21st century for frig sake.
@@allninelivez7631 what does it mean by 21st century, that we should all forget everything about our past beliefs and traditions and change into new a complete new creature ?
@@DomanicGamingYT Yes, but if it goes on like that they will just get along with it. | "If you get a reputation of mad dog, you will be mad dog"
No wonder I always taught Persians had the most magnificent society I heard about
An impression shared by young minds of Polish and the rest of the Europe as they sat in their history class -sorry - IF THEY SAT IN THEIR HISTORY CLASS - and listened to facts.
@@anna8328 stfu
@@aryan5314Any particular reason you're saying that to me buddy? xDD
@@aryan5314 heeeeyyy talk back to me xD I am so interested in your explanations:D
@@anna8328 u just insulted persians with false facts what do u expect lmao
People saying in the comments it's just Hollywood, but if you take Kingdom of Heaven as an example, movie that was 100 times more historically accurate then 300, and amount of hate it got for making Crusaders look like "bad guys", you can understand double standards.
Iranian here who has studied Iranian/Persian history.
I don't think anyone would read this comment, but your video has significant problems.
1 - Obviously, Greeks never fought for "freedom," not because Persians were freer but because the concept of freedom is modern and didn't exist back then. The idea that Cyrus the Great created a multicultural empire with religious freedom is absurd, not because it didn't exist but because the concepts you are talking about didn't exist. Religion was drastically different from the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions that came hundreds of years later. There was no need to give religious freedom to anyone because state-funded religious oppression wasn't a thing. (I know Iranians with little historical education will get upset because their mythical conception of ancient Persia doesn't match the historical reality.)
2 - Greeks stop the fall of the western civilization not because Alexander the Great came after but because the idea of "West vs. East" is a modern concept. Back then, Greeks didn't consider themselves part of a greater thing called the "European" or "Western" culture. In fact, many great Greek men such as Herodotus we celebrate today were not born in modern Greece but in modern Turkey! See? It sounds ridiculous when you apply the modern-day concept to the ancient world. It would have made Europe no less "Western" if Greeks were conquered by Persians, much like how they were conquered by Turks. (I know Americans/maybe Europeans with little historical education are going to get upset because their mythical conception of ancient Europe doesn't match the historical reality.)
3 - The way you tackled the concept of democracy was entirely ahistorical. Athen's democracy had nothing to do with the war with the Persians. The type of ideological warfare and fighting for ill-defined concepts such as "freedom" or "democracy" is ridiculous in the context of the Greco-Persian wars. It's like saying they fought for "socialism" or "secularism." Athen's democracy remained intact even when Macedonians and Romans conquered the city. It would have remained the same way if the Persians had gained control.
What do you expect from a leftist propaganda channel
while all your points are correct, since the movie tries to apply current ideas into past cultures and events, the video tries to debunk those by showing these values could better fit the other side of the conflict.
@@Psy_Ro Yes, I do get that the video has good intentions but unfortunately, as I mentioned it makes the same mistakes in regards to applying modern concept to historical periods.
@@Scrimparmy Nothing mentioned in the video is "leftist" which in many cases rely on historical materialism. In fact, it does the common right-wing fallacy of comparing modern concept to historical events.
Anyways, please don't use my analysis to validate your politics.
the only people who cared to watch this video is the ppl who already knew...
Good point :D
neither did i
You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!
the mitokhondria shall set me free us, it's true
No, the force will.
Thing is this dude just speaks half truths and half truths are usually worse than full lies
Big Sonny it's my favorite verse
Juan Ramirez Gonzalez the way you tired to spell mitochondria gave me aids
Tnx for this video I'm a Persian. And you made me really happy by saying the truth and clearing the image
Persia doesn't exist. You let Khomeini destroy you.
@@paddleed6176 you do realize he liberated Iran right? It was controlled by the Shah which was controlled by the U.S and Britain and gave all it's oil to them, not to mention the hundreds of spies sent during the Islamic revolution to try and kill our leaders, yeah Khomeini destroyed Iran that's why it's now the 2nd, one of the 8 world powers, and most powerful nation in the region but doesn't spend an excessive amount of money on military.
@@aliibnraymond1361 Now Islamic Republic of Iran has the worst Human rights, an almost dead economy, one of the worst passports, The least valuable money (70 Rials = 1 $ to over 210000 Rials = 1$), Telling lies behind each others to the people, Eracing anyone who disagrees them , Helping terrorism in Syrian, Yemen, Lebanon and ... .
Now what do you have to say.
Padd Leed we will rise from the ashes like a Phoenix sooner rather than later
@@aryanwitheredone Everything you said does not matter to them, since kh*meini still apparently "liberated" Iran. Don't forget the fact that the Islamic Republic is now allied with China, an even more intrusive and evil foreign power that recently agreed to a 25-year deal with Iran which will allow the CCP to gain control of potential oil/petchem projects, thereby giving them easier access to Iranian oil.
300 is a bad green screen and anti Iran propaganda a wet dream of a modern Greek person I'd say
I'm a modern greek person and no greek thinks like this. Nowadays we have great relationships with Iran and we always respected their civilization. Even Alexander who conquered the entire Persian empire respected Persian culture. This is just some American bs, they have rivalry with Iran in the middle east and Hollywood has always used greek culture to make horrible movies ( Troy, Alexander and so on). But I can assure you that no greek person thinks bad about Iranians, I even learned some farsi in uni.
@@DMp-xp6mjGreek culture is more like Persian culture and vice versa they both had influences on each other, It's just the typical West giving a bad name to The East but in fact in Ancient Greek times They were more culturally like the East but now in Modern day 20th century the West has changed Greece to more of a western country, then when Greeks show off there real culture The West call it Ottoman corruption and etc but go look at the historical evidence Greece was always like that, Same goes how they try to call ancient Greeks blonds but in fact they were mostly dark haired and eyes people and we can prove this by looking at Ancient greek wall art where the all have dark or black hair and not a European facial structure and etc like they try to portray in the movies and or try claim.
I'm here before a bunch of angry white guys come and say "herp derp white are de bezt herp derp".
Francesco nope, you were too late
Disappointed Turtle it's unfortunate but angry white people are really fast.
Persians are Caucasian, so that point would not make sense here.
Just to point out 2 things:
1)i'm really white
2)i think it's really fun how some guys gets offended because i said "white guys" so now they go full "you racist dude" and the only thing they achieve is proving that i was right when i said that a bunch of angry white people would come.
I get this weird feeling that people here don't get sarcasm.
Oh well, not my fault if you get offended so easily, after all if you think i was talking about you may be you should ask yourself why.
The Spartans weren't the good guys, but neither were the Persians. Also, you are aware that 300 is the embellished story Dilios is telling to the Spartan army to hype them before battle, right? It's not meant to be taken as a historical documentary.
True
Yes. This so much this.
While you're absolutely correct, it just so happens that many people do consider 300 to be historically accurate, cause racial bias.
No, not because of racial bias. People diefy the Spartans because they were a famous and revered part of Greek/Western Civilization. Yes, history gets twisted over thousands of years, but it has NOTHING to do with the color of their skin. Get over the racism stuff, it's so much less relevant than you seem to think.
racial bias? the greeks are hairy greaseballs. Have you ever met one?
I actually cried from joy when I saw someone actually covered the truth.
You are weak. Most of this is utter garbage. A shame I didn’t find it when uploaded.
really? what a beta
people actually suprised a film with goblins and supernatural events isn't historically accurate lmao
@@tristanlanphere7736 i mean, if i made a movie about George Washington fighting the British by using Ghouls and Black magic while owning human-dog hybrid slaves while making every single American revolutionary woman look like they've had their face punched by Mike Tyson you wouldn't be happy either?
@@cynfaelalek-walker7003 I would be happy, there are so many films demonizing britain already so whatever, it isn't a big deal cos I know the director isn't trying to be realistic they're just trying to create a fun time for the audience
Xerxes was actually a cool dude,, not trying to brag but we actually hit the gym together a few times !
Me too but was a little to extreme when trying to motivate others while lifting weights
I believe you believe that xD Does he workout with all this jewellery?
😂😂😂
You mean the actor?
Bro call him khashayar.his name was khashayar
300 is a parody movie
Like every other Hollywood movie.
Made PURELY for entertaining.
It's the people's fault for expecting 100% historical accuracy from hollywood movies, when their intentions are clear in multiple cases.
Its based on a comic! My God does no one know this!?
@@lohengramm6969 i know that
Ravi Tiwari no it’s not, we are the Spartans is tho
@@lohengramm6969 I wouldn't say "it's based on a comic" excuses it of any of its silliness. Even comic books who insert superheroes into events tend to be get things right, I haven't seen a WW2 comic where the Nazis fight for democracy and equality, for example.
So it's OK to be an imperialist as long as you're nice?
It's ok to be an imperialist as long as you are not white
Yep, ask America or ask Britain. Both the biggest Imperialist powers ever on earth. Is America a bad guy? Maybe, maybe not but it sure as fuck is an imperialist empire.
Of course. Like the Ottoman Empire in it's early years, or the Mogul Empire.
+This is new
Of course, since non-white Empires usually didn't commit genocide (opposed to most white Empires) - so of course they're better (unless you are pro-genocide?).
obvious troll is so obvious
Persia (Iran) has a great culture, civilization, 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 (Persia). 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 King Darius the Great of Persia. 11. High heel shoes, 12. Qanat, 13. Polo 14. Algebra by Khwarizmi 15. Post system, 16. 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 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 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, had special knives to serve fruit with and used gold forks and spoons and special gold cups at their dinner tables. The cutlery discovered in Pasargadae in Iran appears to pre-date the Roman cutlery by almost 1000 years.
Cyrus the Great wrote the first Human Rights Charter. United Nations even uses the Cyrus Cylinder as a pillar of one the earliest declaration of human rights. The first divinely revealed religion which still exists today is Zoroastrianism. No other religion has influenced other world Religions like Zoroastrianism.
In the Persian empire, in Persepolis palace female workers even had paid maternity leave. The 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. 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.
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 Shahnameh of Ferdowsi 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 wished to be one of his disciples. He 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."
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 (Iran).
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. "
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, their poetry is an incredible contribution to Persian culture and remains entirely relevant today. Every poet a different path and the Persian language helps this creativity. The Persian language is one of the most poetic, mystic and spiritual language in the world.
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".
Shahnameh ( The Epic of Kings ) by Ferdowsi, the Persian (Iranian) poet is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet and the national epic of Iran ( Persia ).
The epic masterpiece itself is a treasure trove of drama and conflict consisting of sixty thousand verses, and paints an exquisitely rich tapestry of Iranian Heroes and Villains and Devils that, ultimately are deeply universal stories which continue to resonate even today, a thousand years later. These tales and characters can be compared to characters and stories in modern entertainment such as Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and even Star Wars.
Ferdowsi spans the history of Persia from mythical times until the Sassanid period in the 7th century, telling the tales of heroic blacksmiths, despotic rulers, and wicked demons who form the currents of good and evil which run throughout human history. Through his complex characters, Ferdowsi demonstrates the capacity for lightness and darkness and for happiness and unhappiness, in every being, encouraging his readers to actively take the side of good.
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" never take the movies seriously "
Da :D
Specially Hollywood!!!
@@tiffanywilliams6040 that still doesn't give them the right to disrespect other people's culture
You should take movies like this seriously, because it make people think iran was badguy, and when they think like that,
They think that it is badguy now
Moral of the story Don't believe in fake movies😁
Are movies real? I thought they were all fake.
And comics don't believe.
Don't trust Hollywood
just don't believe in Hollywood🤪
Yep. It's exactly like Ozzy Osbourne says: "The media sells it and you live the role"
Don't believe anything you see on the internet or TV.
"Built that empire without slaves", calling bullshit. Labeling them "long-term POWs" doesn't make them any less of a slave.
He said that because of course there were exceptions even the mongols had there moments but there society's were largely free(for the ancient world).
If you are payed for what you do and are not just someones expandable property, then yes, it does make you less of slave, and that's exactly what happened in Persia.
They struck a balance, Persian cities with Zoroastrian leaders were very egalitarian and Cyrus was called a messiah in the Bible because he did release captured peoples such as Jews along with countless others. But they allowed the forebearers of Christianity to build their temple in Jerusalem and practice freely and that religion allowed for slave trade, they did not want to kill and oppress of forcefully convert the people of Jesus who believed in slavery so they struck that balance hoping to lead by example not with a whip. It is why Persian kings prized the title of Gardener above all else and wanted to be measured by the beauty of their garden and what they cultivated rather than what they killed or destroyed.
prisoners are not slaves....ok...well... huh... they kinda are.. now that i think about it..
Killaim this guy is speaking from assumption not off of something he has read.
As persian and a Pro-honesty I sincerely thank you.
That moment when Greek propaganda lasts over 2000 years
Greek propaganda? Do you base history off of american movies lol?
@@thanospv6681 I don't understand your comment. No? I don't base my history off of American movies, I'm commenting on how amusing it is that 2000 years later we're still making movies on Greek propaganda.
@@AverageAlien sry i got it wrong then. My question is what greek propaganda?
@@thanospv6681 The entire 300 story
@@AverageAlien cause its based on a novel, an american propaganda
Wow, really good video, thanks for it!
"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it"
"Those who ignore history are doomed to get their nuts cut." (the paraphrase is not mine)
im persian / Iranian
why everyone hate us
@@fatherpucci8170 My best friend is Persian. Not everyone.
Milky Joe what is ZOG ? Or Who is ?
@Milky Joe do you know what zionist is?
Thank you very much, I didn't know about this, how the Persian Empire influenced western civilization and also the world's civilization. History shouldn't be romanticized it should be told as it was without bias.
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Thank you for your help to clear this topic 🙂 from Iran ☮️🇮🇷
"Eran"=aryan. Namaste from India (aryavat)
@@maheshrathod5593 average Pajeet fantasies
You my friend deserve a million likes! But I can only give you one.
One by one we will get there
So much historical inacuracies my head hurts and i am not talking for the movie.....
The movie itself is one big inacuracy. The Spartans were not alone, they
were with various other Greeks and they choose to stay behind in the
end to buy to the rest of the Greek cities time to prepare. The true
heroes of the Persian Wars were not the Spartans who sold their fellow
Greeks without a thought they were the Athenians. They were the bright
example of the ancient world, they did have democracy and liberty, a
flawed one sure, but lets give them credit. They were the first ever. It
was the Athenians that rallied the rest of the Greeks, it was the
Athenians who stood their ground ALONE in the battle of Marathon and in
the Naval Battle of Salamis and it was then that they gathered together
in the Final Battle of Plateus to give the finishing blow to the Persian
invaders. The problem why i say the video is foolish is because it says
that the Persians are the good guys, since when the agressive invaders
can be considered the good guys? The fact that the Greek Cities had
Sparta which was the equivelant of Russia back then does not negate the
fact that the Persian Wars was the first Battle between
Democracy/Liberty and Theocracy/Authoritarianism and the Greeks were the
first to stood their ground and shown the known world that Free states
uniting in the name of their Freedom can win against an Empire of slaves
and that is important.
But the Greeks were the ones with slaves not Persians. Persians had no slaves. So your "Empire of slaves" thing is kinda weird.
+BrutalBeast666 Yes they did ( in a way), the Greeks were free men fighting for their Liberty and Right for Freedom, the Persians were fighting under fear of death if they fail by their God-king, a king who you were not supposed to breath on hos presence or else you will polute his air..... A soldier that fights for others interests and not defending his homelnd is a slave of someoe with authority even if he does not realize it.
Ah, you were using a nonstandard interpretation for the word slave, I see.
+BrutalBeast666 Well back then the terms slave, master, freedom and liberty were a working progress and we can use vague terms about them.
I'am persian and i'm happy that you said the truth
Women were also permitted to do things such as join the military in Persia. Female Persian soldiers were a part of the caste that made up the Amazons, but "Amazons" also included female Scythian and Sarmatian warriors.
I’m surprised they let nomad women into their army when it was a steppe tribe that killed Cyprus the great
@@WitcherGerd that logic wouldn’t win very many wars. Nations rose up twice to fight Germany in the two World Wars, now Germany is allies with NATO and has fought beside NATO countries in conflicts such as Afghanistan.
@@WitcherGerd that's just one of the theories about his death, not a fact. a very unpopular one so far according to historians.
@@WitcherGerd That's one of the three theories.
@@WitcherGerd yup and i get bashed buy women saying "men have done nothing but slaving us" i be like look at persia
I was in Greece and a Greek waitress tried to convince me that Greece was once great and her point of reference was this movie. Lmao
greece was once indeed great and influenced all of the western (the now most civilized part of earth) world. The fact that the waitress wa stupid doenst change this fact. the movie is horrendusly inaccurate.
@@DarthGreek yes, indeed you are right in saying that people aren't going to places like Pakistan or Iran today.
What you failed to realise is that Pakistan and Iran were places that the EUROPEANS came to, stole from, pillaged and raped in, destroyed and enslaved from.
Modern day Pakistan sprung out of the then called BRITISH INDIAN RAJ. SO MAYBE, had the British not come and STOLEN THEIR RESOURCES (diamonds and minerals, crops, spices, fossil fuels etc) or had the west not tried to meddle with IRAN BY IMPOSING A CIA coupe d'etat on its regime, then they wouldn't have to force OTHER COUNTRIES to CEASE trading with Iran, because Iran refuses to sell its oil for DOLLAR CURRENCY.
How do you think the west is the best? Through plonkers like you? No. Its through continuous meddling and stealing from the third world. Stop stealing and they'll stop coming. Simple as. Fucking thieving, murdering, ignorant, arrogant, backward swine coloured swine eating sheep shagger.
You'll found....not so enlightened people everywhere!
@@DarthGreek ancient Greece is a joke compared to middle Kingdom
Don't get upset Ali, it's not your fault your not white.
So basically, the Persians were the imperialist hegemons of their time and their conquests were justified because they were morally superior to the people they invaded. Sounds familiar...
Nice point of view . "300 Persia" -> today USA ; "300 Sparta" -> today Syria (for example).
Every empire generates its myths of heroism & cultural superiority, so it has a rationale for invading other lands, etc. Persia was not the first & America won't be the last.
Here's the interesting part: the Persian invasion was partly in response to Greek meddling in Anatolia among the greek subjects of the persian emperor. Basically the Greek city states were fomenting coups and riots against the Persian government, so it wasn't even a "muahaha I conquer you" invasion as much as a "you mess with my shit I'll mess with yours!" kind of invasion.
Yeah, I fully admit I might have gotten some details mixed up. Either way, the point remains that it wasn't exactly completely unprovoked. Also I think it's "Triremes" in english
Nothing is black and white. Even conquests fall onto a spectrum, where, at some point, in some rare cases, you have to say that, yes, it's justified.
Take Chinese conquest of Tibet in the 1950s, for example. 95% of the population were slaves bound to the land, a percentage worse than anywhere else in the world, anytime else in history. It's an especially brutal form of slavery, where slaves are considered livestock rather than labor, and their body parts can be harvested for material. Google "human skin drum." Former slaves from the '50s are still alive today, and they're able to tell all the horrors they saw with their own eyes, if only anyone in the west is willing to listen.
Persian conquest can be arguably put into this category. Their civil society replaced the barbarism in localities, most of the slaves they came across were freed. It's not as stark a contrast as with Tibet pre and post conquest (or liberation, as the locals prefer to call it), but still an improvement.
Thanks for telling the people the truth
Thank you, someone gets it finally with proof
That was "in your face" - keep up the great work!
Nick could you be more specific?
+Inception1338 The video is full of lies and sciolism. It legalizes the notion that an empire can conquer other peoples. It completely overrides the Ionian revolt. It states that modern FYROM has relations with ancient Macedonia. It states that the Persian empire was devoid of slaves. Every primary source, Greek and Persian, proves the opposite.
Of course it's full of sciolism. What exactly did you expect ? This clip is rather about getting a more realistic shape of the battle between persia and greece. And that he presented so far is in my view more realstic than the film. About the background of actual history: Before proper study I'd be very careful with believing anything.
Inception1338 The movie is mostly based on a comic, not the primary sources. As you said, this video is sciolism and shapes a misquided image of those events, as Persia of that time was an absolute monarchy with slaves, literal slaves and subjects and greek city-states had also slaves (every ancient culture considered them essential for economy), but were governed by the Rule of Law and their (free) citizens... The pinacle of lies is the depiction of modern FYROM as related with ancient Macedonia
Dude he is making a video for clicks it's not a deception it's not a conspiracy. And I am pretty sure as you know stuff much better he will be eager to learn. So why fighting it instead of writing him?
You mean to tell me.. movies aren't accurate?!?? 😱
RelentLess Enterprises what did u think which is real come on
shahab tirandaz r/whoosh
Face the real world
This movie is biggest lie that will be told to you
@@Tenhr but all of the idiots believe in them.
...and there's a lot of idiots in this world.
Totaly true abt history..
thanks for making this video
Paying taxes to a dictator is somehow acceptable according to this video. John Adams is crying in heaven.
Ancient time, ancient criteria
And the Spartans literally murdering children is just fine and dandy with you is it?
Isn't it the Spartan's....right to choose?
not sistematically...
To be honest, the only good guys are actually the NCR and the Tunnel Snakes.
David Chang
The tunnel snakes were assholes, but the NCR were heroes compared to the rest of the wasteland
The NCR are a bunch of imperialist assholes. They take what they want, exploit people and their resources, and don't give a shit about people from regions outside of their main regions.
Poludeli Gušter I said COMPARED, idiot. They don't eat people, murder for sport, dehumanize, or trap people in neverending virtual realities of torture. They stand for democracy and law, and they force it upon others, but at least they stand for something NOT evil.
Wot bout dat GREAT KHAN life?
TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!
The film 300 is subjective. It's told by a Spartan.
I thought, "No way you are going to convince me!"
I was wrong. Nice one!
You know what's funny? Spartans talking about freedom when they had slaves.
You know what's even more funny?Americans talking about freedom when they too had slaves 2.000 years later.
Americans didn't have slaves 2 years ago or assuming you meant a comma 2,000 years ago either
you know nothing about american history, at least we have the balls to fight for other countries freedom....and we had a brutal civil war over slavery, lastly it was only 200 year re re do your math
@Saiyajin You are saying right things except that bullshit in last sentence. lol. What do you mean in nothing good? Modern sciences, architecture, law, medicine, many technologies and other things have European culture as a base. Oh did you mean Christians? Yea, they burnt or massacred people for having different opinion and all the stuff but that things happened mostly for politics covered and justified with religion, just like in all other cultures. On the other hand, in Middle Ages monasteries were basically the only places of education, knowledge and innovations. Even in later centuries just think of how many people who discovered new things in science were priests or monks. Did you know Belgian Catholic Priest, was the originator of what would become known as the "Big Bang Theory"? :)
Americans were at Thermopolis? Slavery was started under British rule and lasted longer under British rule than under American rule.
@Sober Irish Man
lol, your civil war was not over slavery but over federalization. Lincoln freed the slaves so he could get more men to fight his war. Also you don't fight over other countries freedom. You fight over your own interests (mostly oil). So apparently you know nothing about your past or present apart from mass controlling propaganda
And thats why my friends ... I never watched 300.
Adrian Echim 👌🏽👌🏽
U didnt lose anything. It was not an even well visual graphic movie
Me too. That was like an insult to my intelligence
thank you my sir
@@aliasgari2648 What do you mean? It was so freaking epic.
Nice job , that's what happens when the conqueror write the history.
Persians almost single handedly invented the modern world if you know your history.
@05candyman
Also they singly handedly sorta went back in time, and not in a good way
Yeah their founder Cyrus the Great proclaimed First Human rights in 539 bce abolishing slavery,proclaiming religious tolerance,freedom to practice you own tradition and culture,satrap system is similar to USA state governorship.
The achiemenedes were great people its just that the greeks were hypocrites
And look at where Iran is now. It's a shithole.
@@TheSP33DFREAK shit happens. Stuff like that can and will happen and in fact probably already has happened in every place/country/nation of the world. Things get better, things get worse, things change
@@thezeitos469 Radical Islam pretty much destroyed all of the middle East. It used to be a very "western" place with the freedoms that everyone comes to expect these days.
Alot of mad white supremists in the comment sections haha
The persians were white, spaz.
Stevie McQueen They were brown middle easterners like modern day Iranians idiot.
kgeedi Well Most Iranian are white seems you did not saw a persian before . ☺ Beside Persian and Greek have very similar faces . most of them are white with burnt faces 🤗
Sepanta Mino No they're not white. Many persians with light skin and eyes but they're indigenous to their land and closely related to those around them like other middle easterners and afghans.
The persians were white. They became "brown" through later miscegenation with invading mongols and arabs. Arabs were isolated in the arabian peninsula, what is now saudi arabia, for much of history. Almost the entire middle east, including some of india, was white for thousands of years. Deal with it.
Cool and insightful. Really engaging, fun and educational. Thank you!! (P.s. Loved the head gear!)
That was accurate, entertaining, and easily understandable! 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks
"History is a set of lies agreed upon." Napoleon Bonaparte
Did some one say...Jerusalem?
*deus vult*
DEUS VULT
Dinglyberry and Angry Enclave Soldier The infidels are attacking! Get Saladin. We need to whoop their (sweet-iron-clad-armor-lookin) asses again
DEVS VVLT
This is PARSA!
Parsa in persian means someone honest and clear of sins . How About Persia instead ?
@@dyanpoot7844 Parsa=Persia
@@Cassandane_Cyrus_Persia_Iran i believe what you're referring to is《 Pars 》, Pars was a persian trible who's conquered lands shaled 《 Persia 》 . Again parsa is a name in persian language and means clear of sins . I don't know why you said that but i ask you please don't spread incorrect information especially if it's about something that's important for you .
It was " Pars " not " Parsa "
@@unknownsilence7834 yes sir , they were the persian empire aka pars . It's not that hard you know
Great video!
This feels like it should have been the script for an episode of, "Adam Ruins Everything". In this case, the film 300.
MaveriKat I think Zack Snyder already did that
That's basically what Cracked is in a nutshell.
that would require backing up his bullshit with evidence to give it credibility, like saying persian empire was build without slaves...
READ SOME BOOKS YOU IDIOT
@@balduran. it wasn't.
History lesson delivered so beautifully, bravo!
I'm so happy that atleast 2,8 million people watched this
Right after the Spartans threw the two Persian messengers down the well, they realized that they had committed a major sacrilege, and immediately sent two Spartiates to Xerxes in Persia, offering to let Xerxes execute them. That part is as "historical" as the rest of the account, but naturally never made it into Miller's novel or Snyder's film.
seriously ? interesting, I have never heard of it before, may I know where you read this?
@@asgharmadandar3469 It was referenced by Myke Cole in "The Bronze Lie", but the original quote is from Herodotus's Histories, Book VII, Chapter 134, according to the Wikipedia article titled "Earth and water."
@@MichaelLee-tt7gm thanks👍
Yes and as the Persians did time and time again, Xerxes forgave them and sent them back to Sparta loaded with gifts.
@@asgharmadandar3469I’m submitting two of my articles in the comments to. I hope you’ll find them informative.
Cyropaedia (The Education of Cyrus) was highly influential among the West. Thomas Jefferson kept two copies
This is surprisingly outstanding. Astonishingly good.
great video!
Thanks for doing this video and clear everything ❤❤❤❤
I don't think there were any "good guys" in 300. 😐
This person gets it.
history : persians
movie: nobody.
Maybe not, but there where some invaders and some defenders.
All of the mare, because all of 'em died, leaving less competition 2 me!
Soji SideQuest remember history's told from the views of the winners
Such a great video!
Please keep this going. It's funny af
I can't thank you enough for this video! you are a free man :)
300 is more of a legend turned movie than a documentary about a historical event
It's like in 2500 years , a greedy guy make a "legend turned movie" about the big bad angry mustache man in world war 2 and turn his rotten and disgusting ideas comically interesting and completely the other way around.
Insulting a national figure or a nationality is never understandable, period.
Only on Cracked would the burning of the greatest repository of human knowledge in history be white knighted.
I have no idea what you're referring to. The Library of Alexandria was most likely destroyed by the Romans, not the Persians.
You really have no idea? Or is that just a turn of phrase?
hal900x Are you talking about the destruction of Athens? All the video said about that was that it was largely Sparta's fault.
God dammit, my entire reply was erased. Anyway, video is entirely framed from a Social Justice ideological narrative, applying modern mores to ancient civilizations which is retarded and dishonest. Athens was first burned by the Persians alone, after Thermopylae. Only later did Sparta join Persia against Athens. There is also strong evidence that Muslims destroyed the Library at Alexandria, in fact it wasn't till 1720 that anyone questioned that. Romans are one of 4 major theories.
hal900x I think the video is framed badly. They're calling the Persians the good guys when really the point is that you can't call one side good or evil in a historical context. The video was explaining that the Spartans were far from defenders of freedom, and the Persians weren't the barbaric tyrants the movie would have you believe. As for the library, I thought it was burned at least a century before the founding of Islam.
Great video, especially the discussion of the influence of the Persian empire on democracy
Thanks bro for telling true history.
12k people dislike history.
@Mttslbr they were better than greeks tho
@@parsa2913 Greece won the Greco-Persian war and at the time the Persian empire was the most powerful empire in the world.
@Mttslbr Please teach us more oh great RUclips comment section expert. 🤣
12,001k now
@@parsa2913 If the greeks didnt win this one war, today the world would be totally different. And they were in no way better than the Greeks in terms of culture and ideas.
11k Greeks disliked this
hahahhahahhhahaha
@jamit the knight Hollywood makes entertainment.
If you want history go watch a documentary.
As a greek who actually knows history, persians indeed did not have slaves and were pretty decent guys. The rest are misconceptions caused from sloppynes. Alexander didnt copy the system from the Persians but he did have a tolerance policy. He wasnt the guy that spread any civilization, his successors the Hellenistic kimgdoms did, and they were a greek cored( due to their elite classes being greek soldiers and generals) mix of the greatest civs of the time. That sparkled the Hellenistic period which Indeed was a prosperous time for the Mediterranean. Those kingdoms fought each others and then romans came. Also roman empire existed till the ottoman empire conquered Constantinople now known as instanbul, and that fall lead many scholars to italy along with a huge amount of books from abbeys and monasteries (that and crusaders actually taking them). And then great scholars from italy studied and built upon those scripts. It is not random the fact that in renaissance Aristotle was called The Philosopher.
That is true because Greeks actually learn about this shit at school and we all know that all the things he just said are far from the truth. Always do your research before healing some guy on the internet
I think it’s actually the western grown up babies who are obsessed with this movie and confuse fiction with fact
Never have i ever been so proud of my people's history.
I'm an Iranian and it's very ironic, because the Islamic dictatorship in Iran hates pre-Islamic history too and the Ayatollah-dictator tries to eliminate or demonize ancient history from history textbooks in schools. clerical oppressors of Iran (Mullahs) are saying the exact thing that Hollywood would say about ancient Iran/Persia. For example, there is one Iranian director (called Jozani) who wants to make a movie about Cyrus the Great (the founder of first Persian Empire & grandfather of Xerxes) but Mullahs don't give him the permission!!!
All hail Prince of Persia
I'm sure most of us agree that the movie was bullshit. And why did America suddenly decided to make a movie about Persia's and Geek's history? Like come on dude if we (Iranians and Greeks) want to make a movie about our history we will do it ourselves. This movie caused nothing but a war between Iranians and Greeks and as a Persian girl who loves Greek and Greek mythology it's really hard to see people fighting over who was the good guy and who was the bad one. I mean do we even have a good or bad side in war? In my opinion there is only bad side in war. There is nothing good about war and killing people. I love Iran and Greek but like all other empires they had bad sides and good sides. They were ruled by humans and u can't find a human that is completely good or completely evil and so were Persia and Greek that's why you can't actually say which was good and which one was bad.
Note: This is just my opinion. If u disagree please be polite. I'm not looking for fight.
no one can fight with you after this comment!!
you mom won the respect of the Internet
That's what i call great patenting
I think that what everybody is completely ignoring or forgetting is the fact that this movie is based off a comic book. A comic book! That the same when people starts expanding their "theories" about the Avengers.
Fuck Iran and Greece (just my opinion)
IF IRAN OR GREECE made that movie, we wouldn't have heard of it and we wouldn't be talking about it except for a few iranians or greeks.
Thank you for making this video.
Persia just wanted revenge because of the revolts of greeks
not exactly my Baradar (brother in Persian) Greece started a rebellion that lasted years to put out and it destroyed the peace of the empire and many many more, such attack couldn't go unanswered what would any other country do.
see we Persian value lives very seriously(at least the PEOPLE of Iran do) and the death toll of the greeks in Persian was huge and they were still seen as Persian because they were one of us, so there needed to be punishment.
@@rpd6874 lol so you completely agree with him? hilarious.
@@ct-gt2dt to some degree, yes but it wasn't that simple.
And why did Persians conquered the Greeks of Asia minor in the first place?
@@ds-lr5gx the king of lydia (those greeks) were worried about the persians as they had just destroyed the median empire so the lydians decided to go to war with the persians then got crushed and conquered.