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Article: When Iran conquered the world: long ago a family from the Zagros mountains of Iran conquered the known world and established the Persian Empire.
- Article from:
- The New American
- Article date:
- October 16, 2006
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For days the dreams, nightmares really, would not stop. The Great King Khshayarsha, King of Kings, King of Lands, Son of Darius, Grandson of Hystaspes, was a haunted man. Ruler of a realm so vast that the minds of men had difficulty conceiving its extent, the Great King by day was protected by fearsome warriors known as the Immortals, but he was powerless to fend off the apparition that stalked him by night.
The apparition first appeared to the king on the evening after he had decided against leading his vast army into battle. In his dream, a tall man, terrible in his beauty, appeared, and asked: "Hast thou then changed thy mind, Persian, and wilt thou not lead ...