#Persians

Jeff B., who on earth is this guy??

The Rick Perry 'controversy' sort of shows up the divide between actually religious Christians and our agnostic/atheist/skeptical media. It's a commonplace--an absolute commonplace--among believers that God often uses wicked or

Dr Roel Konijnendijk

2499 years ago, approximately #OTD, the pass at Thermopylai in Central Greece became the site of one of the most famous land battles in history.You've probably heard a bunch of

Punjabi Atheist(ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਨਾਸਤਿਕ)🇺🇸🧢

I am going to make a thread later on why this is mostly bullshit. Stay tunedhttps://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/1246137640946196480 Fyi most things that were actually invented by muslims were invented by Persians

Million$journey

amillionjourney

In -480, Spartans fought against persians in the famous battle of ThermopylaeWe all know the movie but what about the real story ?Let's dive into itThread Our story start in

Amit Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: THE YAVANAS]1/22Long, long ago, a people inhabited the regions around the Aegean Sea — Roughly what's today Greece and western Turkey. They were called the Pelasgians. Classical Greek

2,499 years ago, approximately #OTD, a more interesting battle took place off the coast of Thermopylai - the naval battle of Artemision. Unlike Thermopylai, this one actually mattered.It is not

Soheil - سهیل

A thread about Iran and Persia and where did these words came from. tldr; Iran is the tree. Persian is one of it’s many branches. If you are interested to

I've seen this sentiment expressed a lot by Hindu Nationalists, and while I understand its a comforting thought for them, it is not true. Mughal domination of India was shattered

The cost of defeat in a Civilizational war is oblivion. Once you are defeated and converted, the next generation doesn't identify with the defeated civilization/tribe and then nobody is left

John Ghazvinian

Did you know: The very first newspapers published in America (way back in the 1720s) were obsessed with Iran. But not in the way you might think. A thread.... Week

Lily Bolourian. | لی لی

I don't know why it's so hard to accept that there are white, brown, and Black Iranians. All Iranians. Some are racialized as white in America, some are not. The

a) Very grateful to my gracious hosts @holland_tom & @dcsandbrook on @TheRestHistory for the opportunity to talk about the many contributions of Iranian (Persian) civilisation... b) Sadly, despite my best

Dr Roel Konijnendijk

The myth of Thermopylai and the Greek resistance is built on some... strange ideas about the Persians and their armies.Don't worry though, @reeshistory and I are here to clear some

will solace lovebot ✿

lets talk about the difference between middle eastern, arab, and muslim! a thread 1. MUSLIM muslims belong to the religion of islam. ANYONE can be muslim. in the middle east,

Tony Keen is teaching cinematic antiquity

The oracle’s trance was filmed underwater. You can tell she’s holding her breath. #ClassicsTwitterMovie This is mythologizing. I’m pretty sure Frank Miller knows that the Spartan ephors weren’t syphilitic perverts

Gwen the Good Witch ☭

its been about 5 months since ive done one of my famous "Christianity is the worst in *MY* opionion threads" Bare with me as I create and type all this