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Classic post: what did the ancient Persians do for us? "There are a shelf full of books like How the Scots Invented the Modern World or surveys of the Islamic Golden Age in Iran, Baghdad, and al-Andalus. ... There is a whole library trying to show that 'Europe' or 'the west' started a triumphant march to world power at ever-earlier dates. But I don’t know of a similar book which looks at the heritage of the ancient world from Gaza to the Indus." https://www.bookandsword.com/2020/12/05/what-did-the-persians-do-for-us/ #histodons