RELI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Silk Road, Eran, Noble Group
20 Oct 2016
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When we see iran on the map is just a portion of our subject. Iranian civilization stretches historically from bosnia to china. Even today there are 3 iranian countries. Parts of uzbekistan (important cities) speak persian. Herat, ka(cid:271)ul histori(cid:272)ally they are i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t ira(cid:374)ia(cid:374) (cid:272)ities (cid:449)here they speak persia(cid:374) E(cid:448)e(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:449)orld (cid:449)e li(cid:448)e i(cid:374) (cid:374)o(cid:449), ira(cid:374) is(cid:374)"t the o(cid:374)ly ira(cid:374)ia(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try. Iranians are spread out everywhere around the world. They brought their civilizations with them (like persian new year) Persian new year is one of the most widespread markers. Persian literature is the model for most of the muslim world. Book of kings , poetry, stories of the heroes. Stories are known by all iranians and from albania to china. Iranians have the 2nd highest level of education in canada. for most of the world (eurasia) is persian new year and book of kings. 3 iranian countries = iran, afghanistan, tajikistan.
