Persia (TRIH ep 41)
550 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Ali Ansari, professor of Iranian studies, to argue for Persia/Iran's outsized influence on world history. Ansari explains the continuity between Persia and Iran, outlines pre-Islamic Persian empires (Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanian), and contends Persia contributed foundational elements to empire, religion, and culture.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 550 BCE
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Socrates (469 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (597 BCE)