What is the historic and mythological origin of Persia and the city of Persepolis?

Answer 1

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Old Persian empire. Although the oldest works date back to 518 b.c. some scholars think the Cyrus the Great, the founder of the empire, had chosen the site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis
Other scholars see the founding of Persepolis under Darius the Great connected with the development of Zoroastrianism as the state religion ( http://www.crystalinks.com/persia.html ) Alexander the great burnt the city down (supposedly in revenge for Xerxes' burning of Athens) after the battle Guagamela
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis
The historic origins of the Persian, as well as the other Iranian peoples and the vedic people of North India is in the early lies in the reconstruction of the proto Indo-Iranian people, sometimes called Aya or Arya and their movement from the Indo-European homeland east of the Caspian Sea. Here is a LONG (but interesting) article about these people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_migration

Answer 2

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The myth is overpowered by the facts. Now days, the Muslims do away with myth. But you must already realize that history is factual as long as the information provided is accurate. With science, there are forever arguments about how the earth was formed and evolution.

Answer 3

I don't know....yet. I'm reading "The Histories" by Herodotus...but I haven't gotten to the section on Persia yet. I'm only about a third of the way into it, and he's still talking about Egypt.

Answer 4

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