an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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Any of the western Iranian dialects or languages of ancient or medieval Persia and modern Iran. 波斯語伊朗西部的方言,或古代或中世紀波斯和現代伊朗的語言
Greek culture penetrated Persia through the medium of the Syrians. 通過敘利亞人作媒介,希臘文化滲透到波斯。