What is the differnce between Iran & persia?
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iran is one word of us but persia is one word of the others
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Iran.\nNot Only is My family over there but Its just such a beautiful country. Their culture is Amazing and historical Sites facinating. Persian traditions are all so unique. From simple things like Picnics to important things like Holidays; You will never find something like how they do it in Iran anywhere else.
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...........don't admit to being Iranian.
1181979
How can you compare.  Iran is not a Democracy - it is an Islamic Theocracy.\nUnder that form of Government - you have no say as to how many hours you work.
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I'm guessing you might find the following a bit exhaustive; not when you consider books on Persian civilization can fill a whole library. The following is a good read put in a nutshell : \n\n"The plateau of Iran is among the oldest civilization centers in the history of humanity and has an important place in archeological studies. The history of settlement in the Plateau of Iran, from the new Stone Age till the migration of Aryans to this region, is not yet very clear. But there is reliable evidence indicating that Iran has been inhabited since a very long time ago. Settlement centers have emerged close to water resources like springs, rivers, lakes or totally close to Alborz and Zagross mountains. The most important centers of this kind are:  Sialk hill in Kashan, Hesar hill in Damqan, Toorang hill in Gorgan, Hegmataneh hill in Hamadan, Hassanloo hill in Naqadeh, Marlik hill in Roodbar, and Susa (Shoosh) in Khuzestan.     \n According to archeological excavations conducted in these civilization centers, some vestiges have been discovered, the antiquity of which dates back to the 5th millennium BC.The migration of Aryan tribes to the Plateau of Iran began in the 2nd millennium BC. Out of these tribes, the Parthians dwelled in Khorassan, the Medes in the west, and the Parsees resided in southern Iran. The Median Empire rose in Hegmataneh (Ekbatan), the present Hamadan. The Achaemenidae established the first great Persian Empire after defeating the Medes and conquest of their capital. The limits of the Achaemenian territory during the reign of Dariush I (522-485 BC.) extended from the plain of Sand River in the east to the borders of Greece in the west. Passargadae and Persepolis are among the vestiges of this period and, as important historical sites, are visited by a significant number of foreign tourists annually. \nAfter the decline of the Achaemenian dynasty, and the destruction of Persepolis by Alexander, his successors the Seleucids dominated over Iran for a short period of time. During this time the interaction between Iranian and Hellenic cultures occurred. Around the year 250 BC, the Parthians, who were an Aryan tribe as well as horse riders, advanced from Khorassan towards the west and south-west and founded their empire over Iran Plateau in Teesfoon. This empire survived only untill the year 224 AD. The Sassanides, after defeating the last Parthian king in 225 AD, founded a new empire which lasted untill mid 7th century AD. \nWith respect to its political, social, and cultural characteristics, the ancient period of Iran (Persia) is one of the most magnificent epochs of Iranian history. Out of this era, so many cultural and historical monuments have remained in Persepolis, Passargadae, Susa (Shoosh), Shooshtar, Hamadan, Marvdasht (Naqsh-e-Rostam), Taq-e-bostan, Sarvestan, and Nayshabur, which are worth seeing. \nThe influence of Islam in Iran began in the early 7th century AD after the decline of the Sassanide Empire. Since then, new era began in the history of Iran which caused fundamental changes in social, political, religious, governmental, and general conditions of the country. Iranians, who were very unhappy with the existing social and economic inequalities in the time of the Sassanides, accepted Islam easily and contributed to its expansion and enrichment. However, Iranians never covered up their opposition against dominance and the tyranny of the Omavi and Abbasi Caliphs and founded many autonomous movements to confront them. In return, the Omavi and the Abbasi Caliphs, tried to neutralize and suppress these movements, which were based on partisanship of the Prophet of Islam family and establishment of a government on the basis of Imamat, by supporting non-Iranian forces. Continuity of wars of attrition among local governors weakened the overall power of the country and favored conditions for invasion by stranger tribes of Central Asia, like the Seljuki Turks, Mongols, and Teymorides. In the Safavid
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In persia, or today's Iran. The ancient Persians are from the province of Pars, they became the rulers of a large empire under the Achaemenid dynasty (Hakhamanesheeyan) in the sixth century BC. They are descendents of the Aryan (Indo-Iranian) tribes that began migrating from Central Asia into what is now Iran in the 2nd millennium BC. ersians can also be found outside of Iran and include the Tajiks and Parsiwan (also known as the Farsiwan) who can be found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Xinjiang, China while another group called the Tats lives mainly in the Caucasus region concentrated in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russian Dagestan. The Parsis of India and eastern Pakistan are also largely descended from Persian Zoroastrian refugees who fled from Persia following the Arab conquests.
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are you Iranian?????????
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yes you can go to ts site it will give information\n\nhttp://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/iran/menu-en.asp
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iran\n\nand therefore the people from iran speak Persian
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Iran is an evil theocracy. The iranian government is attempting to make nukes to use on the United States.
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hi dear\nthe nation of iran the first nathion in world.\nSialk 7000 years\nJiroft 7000 years\n,....\nthe iran is persia in ancaint world\nthe strain's iranian is Arian.\ngermans and franc peapel are branch of iranian's blood. \ngerman and franc are migrate from iran to europe.\nthe persian in ancaint world is overlord of world\nthe iran very weak after arab's inroad (600-700 ad)
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farsi is of course, what used to be called persian, and the national language of iran.  dari is a dialect of farsi, spoken in afghanistan.\nurdu is an entirely different langauge altogether.  in fact, urdu and hindi are the same language, but urdu is written in the arabic script, and hindi is written in the devenagari script.  the only difference is that urdu has many arabic words incorporated into it, because the speakers are muslim.  most of these arabic words are used in greetings, whereas in hindi, the greetings are associated with hinduism, etc.
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Most Americans couldn't point out Iran on the map and have no idea what the difference between an Arab, a Coptic, Egyptian, Berber, or Persian is.  Don't take it personally, Bush and Co. are just ratcheting up the propoganda machine so we can do something rash and stupid to your country soon.  Start digging yourself a nice bomb shelter, you're gonna need it in about 30 days or so.\n\nPersonally, I've always been partial to Persian culture, and I apologize profoundly for what my un-elected officials want to do to your country.  Your leader is quite an idiot as well though, and it doesn't help that ours is too.  We should sign a citizen's treaty for mutual withdrawal of our LMD's (Leaders of Mass Destruction), and then go get a beer.
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Iran does not have a king any more. \n The last king they had was Shah Of Iran, who was overthrown by Khomeini,(Iran's spiritual leader).
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Persia has long been used by the West to describe the nation of Iran, its people, or its ancient empire. It derives from the ancient Greek name for Iran's maritime province called Fars in the modern Persian language and Pars in Middle Persian. Persis is the Hellenized form of Pars, based on which other European nations termed the area Persia.\n\nThis area was the core of the original Persian Empire. Most foreigners referred to the state as Persia until March 21, 1935 when Iran formally asked the international community to call the country by its native name. Seemingly, the Aryan tribes who formed the country in the Achaemenid era united the plateau in that region and called the country Iran at its birth.\n\nIn 1959, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, before his removal from power announced that both Persia and Iran can be used interchangeably.\nFrom the humble brick, to the windmill, Persians have mixed creativity with art. What follows is a list of some of the cultural contributions of Iran. The list is not meant as a device for displaying chauvinism or bellicism, but rather as a means to convey and illustrate the statement that as with many other ancient civilizations, Iran/Persia is proud to be a long-serving contributor to humanity and its heritage.\n\n\nFAMOUS PERSIAN THINGS\n(10,000 BC)Earliest known domestication of the goat. \n\n(6000 BC) - The brick. The oldest brick found to date are Persian, from ca. 6000 BC. \n(5400 BC) - Wine. Earliest known cultivation of the grape, and fermentation of wine 5400 BC \n(5000 BC) - Development of the guitar \n(3000 BC) - The ziggurat. The Sialk ziggurat predates that of Ur or any other of Mesopotamia's 34 ziggurats. \n(2000 BC) - Peaches are a fruit of Persian origin, as indicated by their Latin name, persica, from which (by way of the French) we have the English "peach."  \nTulips were first cultivated in ancient Persia \n(1700 BC) - The windmill. \n(1400 BC) - The game of Backgammon appears in the east of Iran. \n(1400 BC to 600 BC) - Zoroastrianism, a religion which had an important impact on Judaism, and thus indirectly, on Christianity and Islam. Some experts however, claim that Zoroaster was actually born in 6184BC, and was himself a follower of the religion called Mehr introduced by Mehabad who lived 3593 years before Zoroaster i.e. 9700 BC or 11705 years ago (retroactive 2005). [11] [12] It should be noted that Zoroaster himself was not an ethnic Persian, but (possibly) an ethnic Bactrian who were closely related to Persians. \n(576 BC to 529 BC) - Under the rule of Cyrus II the Great, the Cyrus Cylinder was issued. It was discovered in 1879 in Babylon and today is kept in the British Museum. [13] [14] \n(576 BC to 529 BC) - Under the rule of Cyrus II the Great, Cyrus frees the Jews from Babylonian captivity. See Cyrus in the Judeo-Christian tradition. \n(521 BC) - The game Polo.[15] \n([500 BC]) The courrier post. [16] [17] \n(500 BC) - Source for introduction of the domesticated chicken into Europe. \n(500 BC) - First cultivation of spinach \n \nAn ancient ice house, called a yakhchal, built in Kerman, Iran, for storing ice during summers.(400 BC) - Yakhchals , ancient refrigerators. (See picture above) \n(400 BC) - Ice Cream [18] [19] \n(250 BC) - According to archelogical digs, the Parthians created the world's first batteries. Their original use is still uncertain, though it is suspected that they were used for electroplating. [20] \n(250 BC) Original excavation of a Suez Canal. [21] [22] \n(271 AD) - The teaching hospital \n(700 AD) - The Cookie. \n([762 AD]) - Designing Baghdad: The original city was based on Persian precedents such as Firouzabad in Persia. The two designers who were hired by the caliph al-Mansur to plan the city were Nowbakht, a former Persian Zoroastrian, and Mashallah, a former Jew from Khorasan, Iran. (p 10) \n(864 AD-930 AD) - First systematic use of alcohol in Medicine: Rhazes. [23] \n(1000 AD) - Introduction of paper to the west
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Military - India has a larger military but Iran probably has more weapons from the black market. India as a nuclear weapon while Iran is trying to develop nuclear capabitlities. Iran is probably more prepared for war than India and will have more domestic support for war given its most recent history. \n\nEconomy - India has a larger economy with a strong base due to the population and much brighter potential to be a top 3 in 20 years riding on the back of IT. Iran has 15% of the wold's oil but no domestic industry. \n\nGlobal Influence - Iran has more global influence than India. Given its current course in nuclear development, it is more likely to sway power in the region than India. Having said that, India is the leading outsource provider in the world and any dent in its capability would have a significant impact on the global economy.
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Definately.  The war in Iraq isn't going that well for us, and Iran is a bigger, more powerful country.