Which country is the alternative name for Persia?
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iran\n\nand therefore the people from iran speak Persian
341247
iran and russia, good luck
142416
my country IRAN.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOMMMMMMMMMM
595698
Definitely not Arabic. The kingdom of Persia was located in what is now Iran. The ancient Persians spoke what is now known as Farsi. Farsi was given new life and preserved by the writing of the Shahnama, an epic poem written entirely in Persian. Most modern day Iranians are Persian, not Arabic. Also, there were any number of kings of that empire, the most famous was probably Cyrus the Great.
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Portugal with smoke them mate!!!  I don't think Iran can take the heat.
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http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/nowruzfactsheet.htm
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India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Australia
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conventional long form: Republic of Azerbaijan \nconventional short form: Azerbaijan \nlocal long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi \nlocal short form: none \nformer: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic \n\nconventional long form: People's Republic of China \nconventional short form: China \nlocal long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo \nlocal short form: Zhongguo \nabbreviation: PRC \n\nconventional long form: Negara Brunei Darussalam \nconventional short form: Brunei \n\nconventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan \nconventional short form: Bhutan \n\nconventional long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan \nconventional short form: Pakistan \nformer: West Pakistan \n\nconventional long form: Sultanate of Oman \nconventional short form: Oman \nlocal long form: Saltanat Uman \nlocal short form: Uman \nformer: Muscat and Oman
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apparently easypersian.com is a pretty good site.\nand, btw, you're looking for a source to help you learn Persian. You can't (or shouldn't) use a Persian word (i.e. Farsi) when asking a question in English.\nSorry, I just can't resist that correction.
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don't know the answer, really.\nbut i can tell you that they don't sound Persian (never heard of either before).
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USA\nRussia\nChina\nUnited Kingdom\nFrance\nIndia\nPakistan\nN. Korea\nGermany\nJapan
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It is Iran....funny story about it:  When my daughter was in 5th grade she told the class that Persia is now called Iran.  Later during the class the teacher wanted to test if the other kids remembered it so she asked what Persia is now called.  One kid raised his hand and said "I walked?"
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None of those two. I say China. Nostradamus could be right with this one.
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They are both in Iraq with Bagdad in the middle. They go all the way back to Biblical times when Iraq was the Babolonian empire and Iran was the persian empire.
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Bobcat is correct.  Turkmenistan is just one of the countries along the silk road.  It is the route used to bring spices, silk, and other exotic goods to Europe.  Spices were especially important during those days when there was no way to refridgerate meat.  They used a lot of spices to hide the fact that the meat had basically gone bad.
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No Persians come from Iran and have a different culture from (arabs)muslims.  There is alot of conflict between iraq and iran because of this cultural difference.  They are different and consider themselves to be very different.
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Some of these countries no longer exist at all, or their name has been changed.\n\nCountries Involved:\nAlbania\nArabia\nAustria-Hungary\nBelgium and colonies\nBrazil\nBulgaria\nChina\nCosta Rica\nCuba\nCzechoslovakia\nEstonia\nFinland\nFrance and Empire\nGreat Britain and Empire\nGermany and Empire\nGreece\nGuatemala\nHaiti\nHonduras\nItaly and colonies\nJapan\nLatvia\nLiberia\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMontenegro\nNicaragua\nPanama\nPersia\nPhilippines\nPoland\nPortugal and colonies\nRomania\nRussia\nSan Marino\nSerbia \nSiam\nTurkey\nTranscaucasia\nUnites States of America