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https://quillette.com/2020/07/31/lessons-from-the-last-empire-of-iran/
Being ahead of the curve, I had originally planned a series on lessons from Iran but it didn't materialise because I'm lazy.
Being ahead of the curve, I had originally planned a series on lessons from Iran but it didn't materialise because I'm lazy.
The quillette piece is written from a western pov.
Reminder that by the time of Khosrow the Victor, most elites of the Sasanian Empire were Christian; the most productive provinces (Ashorestan included) were Christian majority and the Christians were a well established fifth column.
In fact, Khosrow's murderer and usurper of the Iranian throne was a crypto-X. Bet you didn't know that.
Christian treachery during the late Sasanian times is understudied.
Christian treachery during the late Sasanian times is understudied.
There are quite a few lessons Hindus need to learn from the last Iranian Empire.
>What Khosrow, He of the Immortal Soul, did to the Mazdakites
>Why Yazdegerd I had come to regret his tolerance of the Christians
>The extent of Christian subversion and the methods employed
>What Khosrow, He of the Immortal Soul, did to the Mazdakites
>Why Yazdegerd I had come to regret his tolerance of the Christians
>The extent of Christian subversion and the methods employed
>Breakdown of the King of Kings' authority as a direct result of said subversion
>The early Empire's assessment of foreign threat "memeplexes"
>The ideology of the early Empire (and how an orthodoxy was created to uphold it)
>The early Empire's assessment of foreign threat "memeplexes"
>The ideology of the early Empire (and how an orthodoxy was created to uphold it)
And finally,
>What caused said orthodoxy to break down
The answers may surprise you!
>What caused said orthodoxy to break down
The answers may surprise you!
