2007-07-02 14:28:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
much of what was once Persia is located in present day Iran and Iraq, though their empire stretched throughout Asia Minor and the Middle East
2007-07-02 14:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by just an inkling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persia New Name
2016-12-15 12:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iran, literally translated as "land of the Aryans", has been the official name for the country formerly known as Persia in the West since 1935 when Reza Shah Pahlavi requested that all nations call the country by the name used in the Farsi language since the Sassanid period (224 to 651 CE). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, among others, refused to call Persia by its Farsi name during World War II because of obvious Nazi associations with the "Aryan" label.
The official name change took place in part because some scholars claim the name "Persia", which in Latin means "the land of the Pars or Parsa", belongs strictly to antiquity while other linguists argue that "Persia" only refers to one province in the lands that Cyrus the Great originally conquered in 600 BCE.
2007-07-02 15:20:19 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of what was formerly called Persia is now Iran and a part of Iraq. To many people from Iran i have met you address them as Persians not Iranians
2007-07-03 17:19:09 · answer #4 · answered by Tom B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iran
2007-07-02 16:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by priya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iran.We had a friend that was from Iran. He would get very upset when we inadvertently called him an Iranian. He would forcefully say,"I am not an Iranian. I am Persian." Gives you an idea of what some Iranians (Persians) think of Iran!
2007-07-02 15:41:42 · answer #6 · answered by SgtMoto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the middle east
2007-07-02 15:17:35 · answer #7 · answered by chrismango13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋