The former has always been used by the iranian speaking peoples themselves, while the latter has served as the international name of the country in various languages. Oil was discovered in persia in the early 20th century, and whilst the country’s vast land mass had long had complicated relationships with its neighbours, this development changed the political and economic landscape of the middle east forever. Persia, historic region of southwestern asia associated with the area that is now modern iran The term persia was used for centuries and originated from a region of southern iran formerly known as persis, alternatively as pārs or parsa, modern fārs. Ancient persia is known for the establishment of the first postal system, agricultural innovations, significant rights for women, religious tolerance, early refrigeration and air conditioning, and the persian rug among many other cultural contributions. Explore the historical transformation of persia into iran
Discover the reasons behind the name change and the factors that contributed. Many people think of persia as synonymous with islam, though islam only became the dominant religion in the persian empire after the arab conquests of the seventh century. The names persia and iran are often used interchangeably to refer to the same country The conquest of babylon allowed persia to control critical trade routes and access to vast resources, further consolidating its power in the region Following babylon, the invasion of egypt under cambyses ii added another crucial cultural and economic hub to the empire. Persia is first attested in assyrian sources from the third millennium bc in the old assyrian form parahše, meaning land of the horses designating a region belonging to the sumerians.
Xerxes depleted the royal treasury with an unsuccessful campaign to invade greece and continued with irresponsible spending upon returning home Persia was eventually conquered by alexander the great in 334 b.c.e.
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