{"id":155,"date":"2012-07-25T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/25\/history-through-persian-eyes\/"},"modified":"2012-07-25T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T19:16:45","slug":"history-through-persian-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/impact-news\/history-through-persian-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"History through Persian eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"width: 336px;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/persepolis2.jpg\" alt=\"persepolis2\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\" \/>Alexander the Great destroyed the ancient Persian city of Persepolis in 330 BC. Some believe he did it to make the Persian World more civil.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 336px;\">But history teaches us otherwise.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 336px;\">The Persian Empire was worth conquering because it was the greatest empire the world had yet seen. And Alexander knew it.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-18803290\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"History through Persian Eyes\">&#8220;History through Persian Eyes&#8221;<\/a> presents an interesting perspective by Professor Ali Ansari, one of the world&#8217;s leading experts on Iran. Included are links to a three-part series from BBC Radio exploring world history from a Persian perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander the Great destroyed the ancient Persian city of Persepolis in 330 BC. 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