What does the Bible say about the Persian empire?

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Wakka

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I want to know more about the Persian and Babylonian Empires. I already know about Greece, Rome, and Egypt. I think there is another one I'm missing.
 

Christina

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Persia is Iran it was called Persia until around mid 1900's The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the old Persian homeland, and beyond in Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Today the nation of Persia is known primarily as Iran.The most widespread entity considered to have been a Persian Empire was the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) under Darius and Xerxes (or Xerkes) — famous in antiquity as the foe of the classical Greek states (See Greco-Persian Wars) — a united Iranian kingdom that originated in the region now known as Pars province of Iran.It was formed under Cyrus the Great, who overthrew the empire of the Medes, and conquered much of the Middle East, including the territories of the Babylonians (Asuristan), the Phoenicians, and the Lydians. Cyrus' son, Cambyses, continued Cyrus' conquests by conquering Egypt.Most of the successive states in Greater Iran prior to March 1935 are collectively called the Persian The Islamic conquest of Persia (633–656) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. However, the achievements of the previous Persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent absorbed by the new Islamic polity.Many historians have long offered the idea that Persia, on the verge of the Arab invasion, was a society in decline and decay and thus it embraced the invading Arab armies with open arms. This view is not widely accepted however. Some authors have for example used mostly Arab sources to illustrate that "contrary to the claims of Muslim apologists, Iranians in fact fought long and hard against the invading Arabs."[1] This view further more holds that once politically conquered, the Persians began engaging in a culture war of resistance and succeeded in forcing their own ways on the victorious Arabs.[2][3]Mesopotamia was a cradle of civilization geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq. Sumer in southern Mesopotamia is commonly regarded as the world's earliest civilization. Cities in Mesopotamia later served as capitals of the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Mitanni, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Parthian, Sassanid and Abbasid empires. At other times, the region was ruled by foreign powers, notably the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Rashidun, Umayyad and Ottoman empires and kings.Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamia Overview map of ancient Mesopotamia Archaeological sites of MesopotamiaMesopotamian history extends from the emergence of Urban societies in Southern Iraq in the 4th millennium BC to the arrival of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC (which is seen as the hallmark of the Hellenization of the Near East, therefore supposedly marking the "end" of Mesopotamia). A cultural continuity and spatial homogeneity for this entire historical geography ("the Great Tradition") is popularly assumed, though the assumption is problematic. Mesopotamia housed some of the world's most ancient states with highly developed social complexity. The region was famous as one of the four riverine civilizations where writing was first invented, along with the Nile valley in Egypt, the Indus Valley in the Indian Subcontinent and Yellow River valley in China (Although writing is also known to have arisen independently in Mesoamerica and the Andes).Mesopotamia housed historically important cities such as Uruk, Nippur, Nineveh, and Babylon as well as major territorial states such as the Akkadian kingdom, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Assyrian empire. Some of the important historical Mesopotamian leaders were Ur-Nammu (king of Ur), Sargon (who established the Akkadian Kingdom), Hammurabi (who established the Old Babylonian state), and Tiglath-Pileser I (who established the Assyrian Empire)."Ancient Mesopotamia" includes the period from the late 4th millennium BC until the rise of the Achaemenid Persians in the 6th century BC. This long period may be divided as follows:Late Neolithic: Hassuna, Samarra and Halaf "cultures" Chalcolithic: Ubaid period (ca 5900 BC–4000 BC) Uruk period (ca 4000 BC–3100 BC) Early Bronze Age Jemdet Nasr Period (ca 3100 BC–2900 BC) Early Dynastic city states (ca 2900 BC–2350 BC) Akkadian Empire (ca 2350 BC–2193 BC). Third dynasty of Ur ("Sumerian Renaissance" or "Neo-Sumerian Period") (ca 2119 BC–2004 BC) Middle Bronze Age Early Assyrian kingdom (20th to 18th c. BC) First Babylonian Dynasty (18th to 17th c. BC) Late Bronze Age Kassite dynasty, Middle Assyrian period (16th to 12th c. BC) Iron Age Syro-Hittite or Neo-Hittite regional states (11th–7th c. BC) Neo-Assyrian Empire (10th to 7th c. BC) Neo-Babylonian Empire (7th to 6th c. BC) Achaemenid Persian Empire (6th-4th c. BC) Dates are approximate for the second and third millennia BC; compare Chronology of the Ancient Near East.Language and writingThe earliest language written in Mesopotamia was Sumerian, a complex language isolate. Scholars agree that other languages were also spoken in early Mesopotamia along with Sumerian. Later a Semitic language, Akkadian, came to be the dominant language, although Sumerian was retained for administration, religious, literary, and scientific purposes. Different varieties of Akkadian were used until the end of the Neo-Babylonian period. Then Aramaic, which had already become common in Mesopotamia, became the official provincial administration language of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Akkadian fell into disuse, but both it and Sumerian were still used in temples for some centuries.In Early Mesopotamia (around mid 4th millennium BC) cuneiform script was invented. Cuneiform literally means "wedge-shaped", due to the triangular tip of the stylus used for impressing signs on wet clay. The standardized form of each cuneiform sign appear to have been developed from pictograms. The earliest texts (7 archaic tablets) come from the Eanna super sacred precinct dedicated to the goddess Inanna at Uruk, Level III, from a building labeled as Temple C by its excavators.The system of cuneiform script was difficult to master. Thus only a limited number of individuals were hired as scribes to be trained in its reading and writing. It was not until the widespread use of the phonetic Akkadian script was adopted under Sargon's rule that significant portions of Mesopotamian population became learned in literacy. Massive archives of texts were recovered from the archaeological contexts of Old Babylonian scribal schools, through which literacy was disseminated.This is from Wikipeadea but should give you enough information to search on your own
 

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Thanks.
Revelation 12:3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And the 7 heads of the beast do represent the nations right?The first 5 are past nations (Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome). The fifth already is (Great Britian) and it suffered a major wound (WWI and WWII) then recovered (United Nations). Am I right? And one more nation will be.
 

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The great red dragon is Satan and his one world system the wound has not happened yet and wont until just before Antichrist gets here it is a wound to the current one world system just before it becomes complete most likely some kind of War or Natural diaster or a combination of things Satan as Antichrist heals this deadly wound and issues in his one world political system and one world religious system and the whole world whores after him This kingdom is discribed in DanielThe feet and toes of the latter day image are made up of a mixture of a brittle clay (potters clay) and strong iron. They just don't mix. The reason this divided Kingdom has 10 parts, is that it's political. Part of those Kingdoms will be strong, and part will be weak. That One World System, (The United Nations) is very fragile, as we saw in Bosnia, and Somalia. It's like a chain with links made of iron and clay. When trouble starts, the weaker nations want to run for home. All activity is under the protection of the United States or Britain.
 

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In learning about what the Bible says about Persia, you also want to include the Medes which is a name for peoples of the same area in present-day Iran.
 

Wakka

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I also find it fascinating that throughout history, Persia (Iran) had never lost any territory. Even through wars. It only gained land
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. I got that bit of fact from the History Channel.
 

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Another ancient name is "Elam", mentioned in Isaiah 11:11, 21:2, 22:6, Jeremiah 25:25, last part of Jeremiah 49:34-39.