The Persians did tell stories about step nomad women, and we have them.
The Persians , they make the best rice in the world.
The Persians , the Greeks, the Arabs all went to China to learn about this alchemy.
The historical record says that when the Persians invaded the Athenians, they realized they were badly outnumbered.
And the Persians were notoriously wealthy and flamboyant in their costumes and such.
And the reason being is that in 490 BCE, the Persians invaded Greece.
to the Acropolis after the Athenians somehow defeated the Persians .
And the Greeks mocked the Persians for wearing these effeminate styles.
This is known as the square cube law, which was the second technique used by the Persians .
a deal with the Persians . And you know, the Persians are skeptical cause, you know, Romans can't always be trusted.
One were the Persians , who occupied this area here.
much to the real annoyance of the Persians .
He says to the Spartans, were being invaded by the Persians .
But because of the history behind how the marathon started was from Marathon to Athens, what Pheidippides and announced that they defeated the Persians at Greece,
And they often mocked the Persians for-- the Persians actually did adopt the Scythian way of dressing
So Scythians in contact with the Persians , and Scythians in contact with the Greeks.
They're preserved for us because of the Greeks who went to Persia and preserved and recorded the stories told by the Persians .
And that sweetness comes from the Persians who came, you know,
So, the Persians filled shallow pools with water, which would freeze overnight, and in the morning, they would break up the ice sheets and collect the pieces.
And a way you can one-up that is to seal the ice, which is exactly what the Persians did.
Here, the Persians collected up to 220 tonnes of ice and packed it tightly together in a pit.
So you've got some in Central Asia relating to the Persians , in Pontic steppe, relating to the Greeks, and so on.
In Athens, it was the city being sacked by the Persians before Pericles rebuilds it grander than ever, builds the Acropolis that we still admire today.
And then that goes in a time frame all the way up to the period of the Persians .
And then a hare, we're told, runs across the ground between them, and the Scythians forget the battle with the Persians and go after the hare,
And then, this is a picture of Valerian, the Roman emperor who was captured by the Persians and used as a footstool.