Persia Was Conquered 3 Times. It Won Every Time.

Persia was conquered three times, by Alexander the Great, by the Arab armies of the 7th century, and by the Mongols under Genghis Khan's descendants. Each time, the empire fell. And each time, Persian language and culture ended up shaping the people who conquered it. This video traces the rise of Cyrus the Great's Achaemenid Empire, Alexander's conquest and the Hellenistic period, the Arab conquest and the Islamic Golden Age, and the Mongol invasions and the Ilkhanate, ending with the rise of the Safavid dynasty in 1501. As Iran remains in the headlines today, this is the story of how this land has absorbed every empire that tried to erase it. Chapters: 0:00 Persepolis Burns 0:00 The Achaemenid Empire 0:00 Conquest 1: Alexander the Great 0:00 Conquest 2: The Arab Conquest 0:00 Conquest 3: The Mongols 0:00 Why Persia Always Endured If you enjoyed this, watch how the Mongols built the largest land empire in history, or how the Ottomans and the Safavids fought for control of the Middle East. #Persia #Iran #History #AncientHistory #Mongols #Alexander​theGreat Fill in the real timestamps once you've edited the final cut. Want me to also write 10-15 tags for the upload, or a shorter title variant to A/B test?