Literacy of the ancient Iranians - even more than the Greeks
Literacy of Iranians
Herodotus wrote in his book that he saw with his own eyes that Iranian soldiers were literate
While at the same time more officers Greek They were not literate and even “Leonidas” The king of the country of Sparta that his war with 300 The soldier in the strait “Thermopylae” in return Xerxes He only knew the basics of reading and writing and could not read and write fluently and in between 300 Not even one of his soldiers was literate.
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Although in Iran Achaemenid period People were divided into several classes in terms of trade, but not class advantages(Financially) And not discrimination in education and Iranians believed that just as they must work to continue living, they must learn to read and write in order to read religious texts, and one of the reasons for the literacy of Iranians even at the end of the Achaemenids This means that there were books in all homes in Iran, especially religious books, and if they were not literate, there would be no books in their homes.(While all the houses had books) In fact, being literate became a part of the nature of Iranians by making it obligatory by religion, which did not disappear even after the Arab invasion..
After the Arab invasion, some superficial historians said that the Arabs taught Iranians literacy, reading and writing, while the word "book" that entered the Arabic language is an Iranian word and comes from the root of “let's see”is.
Arabs did not read or write books, and some Arabs had never even seen a book in their lifetime.
“Ernest Renan”The French writer, lexicographer and philosopher says that the Arab culture and literature took life from the Iranians, and if we take away from them what was introduced into the life of the Arabs through Iranian culture and literature, only the Arab and his camel will remain.…
“Professor Cameron”:If we start digging in Iran, it is not unlikely that we will find works and documents that will amaze the world and especially prove that Iranians were the first teachers of calligraphy and alphabet in the world..
This is my honor… I am Iranian by the culture of the land… I'm in Iran…
Hello, can you introduce the book in English about Iranian civilization, thank you
(Go make a movie about Iran's past, not Mukhtarnameh that we made for the Arabs. Go and learn from Korea that it doesn't have a thousandth of our history, it goes and makes Jumong, and the miserable people of Iran still repeat it twice a year. I want to see Iran as Iran
Honorable, firstly, the Mukhtarnameh series about Islam, not the Arabs, was well seen, secondly, what a good role the Iranians played alongside the companions of Imam Hussein, and thirdly, if you have seen the documentary on the making of Mukhtarnameh, you will understand how miserable all the actors of the series made the entire series. You should not expect them to read the ancient history of Iran, especially the Achaemenid period, because either a handful of corrupt people in the government will raise the money and the budget, or there is no ready force such as an experienced stuntman and a computer programmer, and many other things. It should show the glory of Iran's history as it should, to shut the mouths of Iran's long-standing enemies, and if you go to see Iranian animation, you will be shocked. Make the disgraceful history of Qajar and Pahlavi for us, if at least they tell Afshari history(About the military genius of Nadershah Afshar) and alive (A king who cares about the people of Bor Karim Khan like his blindness)Make it, God knows, maybe it has more viewers than Jamong Momong
It was beautiful
Greetings to Aryan brothers
Aghashmshad, this statement of Herodotus is true, but please name Herodotus because he was an enemy of Iranians
Goodbye
If we would burn Greek libraries like Alexander burned the great library of Persepolis.. No name remains of them… We have two periods of book burning in Iran .. Greeks .. Arabs Ha, Mongols Ha and…. That's why there are few names of our scientists !
Asked why we scientists like Aristotle and …. we didn't have…. ? If we would burn Greek libraries like Alexander burned the great library of Persepolis.. No name remains of them… We have two periods of book burning in Iran .. Greeks .. Arabs Ha, Mongols Ha and…. That's why there are few names of our scientists !
If this is what you say, then why are there so many ancient scientists related to Greece, while in Iran there is no scientist like Pythagoras, whose formula is in the book of geometry, or scientists in different fields?
I think Behnam is infamous:
Why do you talk like a child?
In that, I thought, are you nothing more than Kanai?
They had scientists, but do you know what we had?
We had emperors who sheltered the expelled Greek and Roman scientists.
Do you know what this means?
O ignorant child, I hope you will think twice and find out your answer!
Cyrus the Great of Hoshang Shahr:
May it rain and be heavy, but who cares about the empty cups?
Isn't this a wise word?
Pythagoras' father and Plato's father never said such a sentence.
I wish the government would value Iran's history before Islam and do something to help the likes of the Greeks and Arabs who are creating a historical identity for themselves and the world would understand the truth of history and the likes of Greece and Rome for the Pashas and Gods who are from illegitimate mothers. They came into being and they are proud of it. They understand that the kings of Iran were completely legitimate and mostly had one wife and were not lustful and many other things..
Go make a movie about Iran's past, not Mukhtarnameh that we made for the Arabs. Go and learn from Korea that it doesn't have a thousandth of our history, it goes and makes Jumong, and the miserable people of Iran still repeat it twice a year. I want to see Iran as Iran .
Be a companion of Cyrus
If that world exists!
First of all, the Mukhtarnameh series about Islam, not the Arabs, was well seen. Second, what a good role the Iranians played alongside Imam Hussein's companions. You should expect them to read the ancient history of Iran, especially the Achaemenid period, because either a handful of corrupt people in the government are taking money and budgets, or there is a ready force like stuntmen and experienced computer workers. (If you go to see an Iranian animation, you will be shocked. They can't make a good animation, no matter what the history. )And many other things are not at hand to show the glory of Iran's history as it should be and to shut the mouths of Iran's long-standing enemies.
I really don't understand how long they want to make hundreds of copies of the disgraceful history of Qajar and Pahlavi for us, if at least they tell Afshari history.(About the military genius of Nadershah Afshar) and alive (Karim Khan Zand, a king who thought of the people like his blindness)Make it, God knows, maybe it has more viewers than Jamong Momong
Patriotic nonsense citing Herdot. Go read this man's books and find out what he thought about Iranians . (An example is the movie Sisad, which is based on their history) If Iranians are literate, it is not worth it for free. You could be someone like Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Sophocles, etc … If you find it in Iran, let us know.
I will leave your answer to dear Professor Dan, but please have these few words from me:
This gentleman is Herodotus, the evil liar, whose articles you can see in this link(link)
them (Herodotus) No matter how much he tried to lie, in some places he fell on his knees in front of the greatness of Iranians and prostrated himself in the case of Darius the Great and Cyrus the Great.
Three hundred movie? The same companies that this movie 300 They also made the film Esther, which shows the great King Xerxes as a saint. But again, both films are rejected in terms of historical references.
Isn't it worth having it free? wow!
Similar to Plato and …؟
The great Zoroaster, whose religion and way have penetrated so much in European and world civilizations that Nietzsche admired him so much that he surprised the world.
The same great charter of the Aryanized man as the head of human rights is enough for naked and polytheist Greece. If Xerxes the Great did not put these rebels in their place, it would not be known what corruption they would not have done in the world. Salutations to the great Achaemenid kings who did not allow the rebels to corrupt the world..
When the Greeks had their brothels, the borders of Greece went further. Our ancestors, the Aryans, considered having more than one wife as a big sin for every man.. Greeks who did not know what to do with their illegitimate children.
The list of famous Greeks who sought refuge in the city of Susa, this meeting place of history and destiny, reveals the status and dignity of this court..
1.Hippias the giant of Athens and Demarat the king of Sparta opened the way for Greeks to become refugees in Iran. They took refuge in Susa and were treated royally.
2.Miltiades, the ruler of Khersones, served the Iranians as a general before he became the commander of the Athenian army in Marathon.
3.Themistocles, the commander of the Greeks in the battle of Salamis, who was exiled by the Athenians and wanted by the Spartans, sought refuge with the Persians and was drowned in glory..
4.Pausanias, the commander of the Greeks in the Battle of Plataea, flattered the great king's entourage so much that his compatriots buried him alive in the temple of Athena until he starved to death..
5.Callias, the head of the delegation that came from Athens as an ambassador to Susa to ask for peace, is accused by the Greeks of having sold himself to the Persians..
6.Ctesias, a Greek historian and physician, served Ardeshir Menehmon (good memory) comes out.
7.Xenophon, student of Socrates, author of Anabasis and Cyropedia (Coruschnama) He serves in the army of Cyrus the Younger.
8.Alcibiades, the most fanatical Athenian, the student of Socrates, the general of Athens in Samos and the commander of the battles of Abydos and Cozicus, escapes from the hands of the Greeks and takes refuge in Iran and lives in Iran until the end of his life..
9.The Spartan Lysandros defeats the Athenians in the Peloponnesian War with the help of Cyrus the Younger.
Historians of the history of Iran and Greece constantly forget a point, which is that the best days of Athens' history were not the days after the battles of Marathon, Salamis and Plataea, but the best days of Athens' history began on the day when Callias went to the court of Susa to ask for peace. and the peace treaty in 499 BC, and this is the same treaty that normalized the relations between Susa and Athens, allowing Athens to obtain a thirty-year peace from its rival Sparta, and this could not have been done without Iran's permission..
We quote what the Greek Xenophon said about the behavior of Iranians in society :
((A well-educated Iranian tries not to show cravings and excitement in front of food and drink, or to look at them with a longing and longing look.. According to Iranians, one should be sensible and moderate when eating, and they think that getting excited by seeing food and drink is only for pigs and wild animals.. At the dinner table, they only ask questions about topics that others like to ask about, and they only joke about topics that are pleasing to others.. When shaking hands with others, they carefully avoid any insults, inappropriate movements and any bitter language to each other.))
Plato's testimony about Iranians ( Part of the dialogue between Socrates and Alcibiades) :
Socrates tells Alibiade : In Iran, when the first child of the heir to the throne is born, they celebrate all over the country, and when we are born, even our neighbors do not know..
Plato says in his treatise on hospitality : ((One day, by chance, I saw Socrates who had come out of the heat and was wearing shoes, and such a thing rarely happened…))
Herodotus wrote : ((Iranians teach children only three things from the age of five to the age of twenty : Horse riding, shooting and telling the truth … Whatever is forbidden to them in their actions should not be used in their language. In Iran, the public opinion considers lying as the most shameful thing. I also praise this custom among Iranians that no Iranian can punish his servant in such a way that it is irreparable just for committing a sin.. Even the king cannot sentence someone to death just for committing a sin. The mistakes committed by someone are measured by the services he has done and they are punished when his mistakes are more than his services.))
Strabo says : ((Because Iranian soldiers have nothing to buy or sell, they do not run away from the battlefield.))
Xenophon's writings : ((It is very impolite for an Iranian to spit or blow his nose or let the wind in his stomach be heard. It is also impolite for others to see people urinating or doing other things. These were the things I needed to say about the Persians in general ))
It should be noted that if Xenophon, Strabo, and Herodotus emphasize these characteristics of the Iranian society, it is because such customs were not common even in Greece in their time.. This is the culture and civilization of ancient Iran
Themistocles, who had taken refuge in the court of Achaemenid Ardeshir and had been pardoned and honored by the great king, one day sat at a very colorful table of various meats and spoke to his children. : (( My children, if we had not been poor, we would have remained poor )). That is, if the Athenians had not kicked us out of Greece, we would have lived in Greece with the same misery and poverty.
Praise of Achaemenid Darius the Great in the Iranian play Achilles:
– Does Darius, that late king, the king who was equal to the gods, hear my words?
– Does he hear my laments and glories, in which all my pain and suffering are accumulated, in his own language, which is clear and familiar to his ears?
– I cry aloud the endless miseries and sufferings that have accumulated in my soul, does he hear my cry from the depths of darkness?
– O earth, O spirits of the underworld, let that divine and glorious being, that god who was born in Susa and whom the Iranians worship, come out of you.
– Let the person whom the land of Iran has never seen like him return to the land of light.
– Because this man is dear to us and the soul and the shores that surround him are dear to us.
– O gods of the underworld, O Aidoneus, let Darius return to his palace.
– Iranians said that he was full of God and guided his ship with the inspiration of God.
– King, old king, return among us, appear above the earth that covers your grave.
– Place your golden foot and slippers on this stone and allow us once more to look at your royal crown..
– Come back, oh come back, Darius, perfect father…
– Sorry ! At that time when the old king, the mighty king, the invincible and perfect king, the godlike Darius, ruled this land, how beautiful and great life was in our peaceful cities.…
Herodotus says when he comes to the end of the description of the Battle of Plataea : ((When Xerxes returned to Iran, he moved his tent to Mardunia( The warlord of Iran) had given up. When Pausanias arrived at the tent with the armor and vessels of cement and gold, beds of beaten gold, cups, bowls and luxurious bedding, and saw it, he ordered the kitchen of Mardoneia to prepare the same food that he had prepared for his general. They were going to show up. When this Spartan man saw the splendor of an Iranian party and its delicious food in front of him, he ordered his servants to prepare food for him in the Greek way.. The difference between these two tables was huge. Then Pausanias laughed and summoned the Greek generals and told them : ((O Greeks, I have gathered you here to show you that the Shah of Iran came with such a colorful table to take away our black ashes. …)) And what Herodotus, the historian of the wars against Iran and the praiser of Greek virtues, does not tell, is the continuation of the story of Pausanias, who died in disgrace and misery..
(( It is said that in the olden days, the holy Zoroaster spread the ritual that came to him from Ahuramazda in the world.. This religion remained pure for three hundred years and the people maintained their faith. Then the accursed devil came to destroy people's faith and respect for Alexander's own religion (Cursed) He inspired the Greeks to come to Iran and engage in oppression, war and plunder. He came and killed the governors of the provinces and cities of Iran. He destroyed and looted the gates of the kings, the capital. Zoroastrian laws and rituals were written in golden letters on cow skins and in ((دژ نپشتک)) The capital was kept, but the evil demon aroused the wicked Iskandar and he burned the books of our religion, killed the sages, pious and scientists of Iran until he himself was destroyed and went to hell.…))
Really, what was the cause of all these crimes and the meanness of Alexander?
The cause of all this was his great arrogance and his contempt for people and his intense love for pleasure and lust, which is from his race. (Macedonian wild breed) , From his birth (He was an illegitimate child) And it was inherited from his mother and father.
His mother, Olympias, was a hard-hearted, hot-tempered, vengeful, arrogant, and jealous woman who was addicted to witchcraft and Bacchus rituals. (Wind worship) Turned and in many murders (Murder of her husband Philip) His hand was contaminated and he dishonored his name.
His father, Philip, loved women, wine, and all kinds of fun and did not shy away from any cunning and dishonesty.. He considered lowliness and betrayal good.
Document: Chronicles of Herodotus - Book VI - Chapter 112
(…Until then, as soon as they heard the name of the Medes, the Greeks would leave for fear of Venus…)
: the play ((Iranians )) Achilles - verse 695
Addressed to Darius the Great Achaemenid:
(…I don't dare to look at you, I don't dare to speak to you face to face, old fear holds me before you…)
: the play ((Iranians )) Achilles - verses 630 until the 670
(… Does Darius, that late king, the king who was equal to the gods, hear my words?
…O earth, O spirits of the underworld, let that divine and glorious being, that god who was born in Susa and whom the Iranians worship, come out of you.…
…Sorry ! At that time when the old king, the strong king, the invincible and benevolent king, that is, Darius, the equal of the gods, rules this land, what a great life and beauty of our cities. ( Greek cities ) had covered…)
: Chronicles of Herodotus - Book IX - Para 56
…When the powerful army of Persia arrived in Greece, it aroused the praise and amazement of a Greek who shouted :
…God (oh zeus ) You, who have decided to be the ruler of people from all nations and come to conquer Greece with them, why have you disguised yourself as a Persian and named yourself Xerxes? God, what was the need for all this trouble to destroy Greece?
History of Herodotus: Alexander's father, Philip, was a free-spirited man, and Alexander's mother was a hot-tempered and hard-hearted woman, that's why Philip had repeated marriages.. At Philip's last marriage with Cleopatra, the bride's uncle shouted among the guests : Let's ask the gods that a legitimate child will be born from Philip's marriage with Cleopatra. Iskandar got angry after hearing this and threw his wine cup at him. According to the writings of Herodotus, Alexander was a bastard, that is, the sperm of Alexander the Great was sealed at a time when Alexander's parents had an illicit relationship and later married each other..
My brother, the Achaemenians had even better scientists than the Greeks, but they were all destroyed and forgotten because of the war.. It's not just that. I don't know if your major is mathematics or physics, but if you are, you must be familiar with geometry. They say that the Egyptians used the Pythagorean formula to build a pyramid, which is one of the wonders of the world, before this scientist proposed such a formula. had used. I don't even know which Egyptian scientist proposed the Pythagorean formula. But why are scientists forgotten? Because of war and destruction. If you compare ancient times with today's world, my brother, China may become a superpower and destroy America and destroy all the efforts of American scientists who are not of American origin. Be it. The movie Sisad is generally wrong and a historical mistake. In my opinion, history is more for learning, advice, and advice, but this movie and other similar movies have more of a political aspect than moral and behavioral aspects.. Why is part of the Quran related to history? (For example, the biographies of Prophet Yusuf, Musa and…) Because of lessons. I will also tell you about the scientist you wanted. Houshtane, an Iranian alchemist. They say that some Greek scientists were so impressed by the discovery of extraordinary intelligence that they traveled to Iran to learn about it. Of course, I know that this dear friend's opinion is from seven years ago! But I said that friends should not make mistakes.