The contributions of a great culture

well in a few days its going to be persian appreciation day. Do you know what they have contributed to modern society . ? well heres a list i thought it was interesting.

(10,000 BC) - Earliest known domestication of the goat.
(6000 BC) - The modern brick. Some of the oldest bricks found to date are Persian, from ca. 6000 BC.
~5000 BC) - Invention of Wine. Discovery made by University of Pennsylvania excavations at Hajji Firuz Tepe in northwestern Iran
(5000 BC) - Invention of Tar (lute), that led to the development of the guitar
(4700 BC ) the first know production of Hashish
(2500 BC) - First Banking System of the World,at the time of the Achaemenid, establishment of Governmental Banks to help farmers at the time of drought, floods, and other natural disasters in form of loans and forgiveness loans to restart their farmings and husbandries.
2000 BC) - Peaches are a fruit of Iranian origin, as indicated by their Latin scientific name, Prunus persica, from which (by way of the French) we have the English word "peach
(1400 BC) - The game of Backgammon appears in the east of Iran
(521 BC) - The game Polo
500 BC) World's oldest Staple
500 BC) The first courier post. Also called the "Royal Road"
(400 BC) - Yakhchals, ancient refrigerators.
(400 BC) - Ice cream
(700 AD) - The cookie.
(700 AD) - The windmill
(864 AD-930 AD) - First systematic use of alcohol in Medicine

ya thats basically it.
oh ya they were also one of the first cultures to use hemp for clothes
and the mass cultivation of cannabis for its mind altering properties . the word cannabis comes from the greek word kanabis wich comes from the persian word ganabis or the plant with 2 parts. the first controlled cross breading of cannabis to make it better was done by a persian biologist his name was mohsen of mashad a city near modern day afghanistan which used to be a part of persia


complete story of how hashish was discovered


One of the most colorful of these stories tells how Haydar, the Persian founder of a religious order of Sufis, discovered hashish in A.D. 1155.[1]

According to the legend, Haydar was an ascetic monk who lived a life of rigid privation and self-chastisement in a monastery which he built in the mountains of Persia. For ten years he lived in this distant retreat, never leaving it for even a brief moment, seeing no one except his disciples.

One hot summer day, however, Haydar fell into a state of depression and, contrary to his custom of never venturing out of his monastery, he wandered off into the fields to be alone. When he returned, his disciples, who had become alarmed at his unusual absence, noted a strange air of happiness and whimsy in his demeanour. Not only that, the hitherto reclusive monk even allowed them to enter his personal chambers, something he had never done before.

Astounded by this dramatic change in their master's character, his disciples eagerly questioned the monk about what it was that had put him into this frame of mind. Haydar responded to their curiosity with amusement and proceeded to tell them how he had been wandering in the fields and had noticed that of all the plants near the monastery, only one had not been standing motionless in the oppressive heat of the day. Unlike its torpid and inanimate neighbors, this unusual plant seemed to dance joyfully in the sun's warmth. Overwhelmed by curiosity, Haydar picked a few of its leaves and ate them to see what they would taste like. The result was the euphoric state his disciples now observed in him.

Upon hearing of this wonderful plant and desirous of sharing their master's pleasure, Haydar's pupils entreated him to show them this strange plant so that they too could partake of its marvellous virtues. Haydar agreed, but not before he made them promise under oath that they would not reveal the secret of the plant to anyone but the Sufis (the poor). So it was, according to legend, that the Sufis came to know the pleasures and contentment of hashish.

After his discovery, Haydar lived another ten years, allegedly subsisting on cannabis leaves. Shortly before his death in A.D. 1221, he asked that cannabis leaves be sown around his tomb so that his spirit might walk in the shade of the plant that had given him such pleasure during his lifetime.

Such is the legend of Haydar and his discovery of the powers of hashish. It is a simple story, amusing and entertaining, and, of course, apocryphal.
oh ya any persians on GC

 

ya the food is awesome and farsi is the only persian language althou not al persians speak farsi

and to the dude that said iran is persia in short yes . greeks called up persian but persians call them self aryan or iranian ( persians and germans and irish basically come from the same race as far fetched as that sounds )

 

you guys are exactly what an example of americans are. u dont apericate people around u . and beilive everything in hollywood you are disrespectful. fucking if i wanted to say iranians i would have but iranian means u were born in iran ....

seriously i thought GC was a place of acceptance

 

ya im not saying everybody i just talking bout the dude who supposidly has inner peace