HI,

i would like to present you the Great history of Persia and some other Facts about Persia and Persians.

I hope you will enjoy it.

 

Cyrus (Kurosh) the Great:

King of Persia, King of Media, King of Kings

 

The Three Kings:

The three wise men who travelled to welcom Jesus,     were three of the wisest Persian Priests.

 

Saadi:

was a Persian scholar and Poet

 

Ferdowsi:

He was the author of the Shahnameh

 

Hafez:

was a Persian Mystic and Poet

 

Abū Rayḥān Biruni:

was a Persian scientist and much more

 

 
He is considered the father of pediatrics 
and the founder of alcohol

 

Abū Ali Sīnā (Avicenna):

Grandmaster of medicine

 

Khwārizmī :

was a Persian Mathematician and the father of Algebra

 

 
Ibn al-Haytham is regarded as the father of optics and also considered to be the founder of experimental psychology

 

 Nassredin Tusi: 

In the 13th century, more than 600 years before Charles Darwin, Nasir al-Din Tusi developed a basic theory of evolution.

 

Jabir Hayyan :

He is the father of chemistry 

 

Mawlānā Rumi:  

was a Persian Philosopher

 

Science and technology of Persia:

Persians founded algebra and chemistry,  invented the Wind-power machine and discovered alcohol

 

 Pierre Omidyar:

Founder and President of ebay

 

Omid Kordestani:

 is the senior vice president of Google

 

Isaac Larian:

is the Chief Executive Officer of MGA Entertainment, the biggest privately owned toy company in the world.
 
 

 
His Islamic art collection extends to 20,000 items and is the largest of its kind held privately in the world.
 
 

 
is the Chief Executive Officer of the SBE Entertainment Group
 
 

 
He invented Hot Pockets microwaveable snacks
 

 

 
is known for the invention of Artificial Cardiac Pump
 
 

 Abbas Bayat:
 
He owns the football club R. Charleroi S.C. in the Belgian League.

 

Prof. Parham Aarabi:

World's Top Young Innovator

 

 Bijan Pakzad:

He is a famous designer and his shop is well known as      "the most expensive store in the world"

 

Manny Mashouf:

He is the founder and chairman of the American clothing retailer Bebe stores

 

  

 

 Firouz Naderi:

Director of  NASA Mars Project

 

 Ramona Amiri:

Miss World 2005

 

The Ghermezian brothers:

Owned the Largest shopping mall in the World and the Largest shopping mall in USA

 

 Anousheh Ansari :

First Female spaceflight participant

 

 Ali Daei:

is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches.

 

Hossein Rezazadeh:

is the current world record holder in weightlifting

 

Jimmy Delshad:

Mayor of Beverly Hills

 

Lotfi Asker Zadeh:

He introduced the laws of thought

 

Ali Javan:

He Invented the Gas Laser in 1960

 

Shahriar Afshar:

Founded the Afshar experiment

 

Siavash Alamouti:

invented the so-called Alamouti space–time block code

 

Hossein Sabet:

 He will open the first 7 star hotel in Iran and second in the world  (Cyrus Hotel)

Shirin Ebadi:

She is the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

 Maria Khorsand:

President of Ericson

 

Sina Tamaddon:

 He is the Senior Vice President of Applications for Apple Computer.

 

 Hossein Eslambolchi:

AT&T's Chief Technology Officer and the President of AT&T Labs

 

Farzad Nazem:

was the chief technology officer of Yahoo since 11 years.

 

Vartan Gregorian:

President of Carnegie Corporation of New York

 

INVENTIONS OF IRAN

First Monotheist Religion --------> 6000 B.C., but it is only one of the three theories
 
The Brick --------> 6000 B.C.
 
Wine ----------> 5400 B.C., Invention of Wine. Discovery made by University of Pennsylvania excavations at Hajji Firuz Tepe in northwestern Iran.
 
Grape
 
Guitar ----------> 5000 B.C. , Gui means three in old persian and Tar means rope, guitar had three ropes at the beginning and changed with time
 
First Pearls------> 5000 B.C. , found in the border of Persian Gulf and found in Suse, a necklace of three lines of pearls that owned to a perisan princess
 
The Water Bed --------> 3600 B.C. , made of sheep's skin
Shoes---------> 3000 B.C. , boots and sandals found in Iran
Sandals---------> 3000 B.C.
Boots ---------> 3000 B.C.
Art of Miniatures-----------> 2600 B.C.
Chariot -----------> 2000 B.C.
Backgammon -------> 1400 B.C., found in the Sistan-e-Baloutchestan region
 
First Agriculture System -------> 1000 B.C., the Qanat
Chess-------------> the base of the game invented in India but it was played with dice and by four people, the evolution was made in Iran
Domestication of Goat
 
Rescue of the Jews in Captivity in Babylone -----> 576 B.C. ; Cyrus saved them
Human Rights --------> 576 B.C. , cylinder of Cyrus the Great
Polo----------> 521 B.C., persian sport
First Culture of Spinach ------> 500 B.C.
Protocol and Etiquette---------> rules of respect, of cultured civilization, of order and harmony of everyday life.
 
Improvement of the Hookah -----------> during the kingdom, Iran improved the hookah from his simple basic form to what it is today
 
Crucifixion ---------> practiced at first in Persia
Trousers----------> first trousers were worn in the Achemenid period
Police---------> first inspectors were "the Eye of The KING" created by Cyrus
 
Final Construction of the Suez Canal -----> finished by Dariush the Great
Postal Service ------> by Cyrus the Great
 
System of State and Regions (for example in USA you've got a 
 country and under it, you've got states) --------------> created by Cyrus the Great (Satrap and Satrapies)
Iran Was The First Real Empire (organized, etc...)
 
Gloves and Mittens----------> known that it was a greek invention but before the date people say greeks created it, Xenophon already talked about the fact that persians wore mittens.
 
Refrigerator---------> 400 B.C. , a huge room called YAKCHAL
Ice Cream -------> 400 B.C.
First Teaching Hospital ------> 271 B.C., intellectual center where you learnt philosophy , medicine, theology, science.
 
Battery (pill) -------> 250 B.C. , found in Iran , created under the Parth Dinasty
 
Oldest Ancestor of the Piano ------> 266 B.C., called tympanon (santur)
The Three Kings (bible)--------> zoroastrians so iranians
Air Conditioning ---------> WindCatchers
Windmill --------> 632 A.D.
Rice
The Field--------> during Khosrow 1 period 
Thousand and One Nights ---------> stories told by Sharzad
Last Improvement of the Astrolabe --------> Toussi
Biscuit, Cookie ------> 700 A.D.
Introduction of Paper in Occident ------> 700 A.D.
 
Algebra -------> 800 A.D. , Khwarizmi was an Iranian from Khorassan
Alcohol in Medicine-------> 864 A.D. , by Zakarya Razi
 
Cesarean ---------> 1000 A.D. the earliest file where we talk about ceasarean is the Shah Nameh, Rostam is born thanks to this way, when something's written in a legend book, it always has a rapport with the reality
 
Anesthesia--------> 1000 A.D., for the birth of Rostam, when something's written in a legend book, it always has a rapport with the reality
First Attempt to Fly---------> key kawoos, who falls three times, when something's written in a legend book, it always has a rapport with the reality
 
Founder Book of Modern Medicine --------> 980 A.D. , created by Avicenna
Poker ----------> 1600 A.D. , persian game called "nas", iranians showed it to french in louisiana and these one showed the game to the world
Ceramic
Artificial Heart ----> invented by Toffy Musivand
Yoghourt
Tulip--------> persian flower
Rose -----------> persian flower
Kebab----------> first kind of kebab was the persian kebab
Peach---------> botanical name, (Prunus persica) means Persian apple, suggests the peach is native to Persia   
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