Talk:History of Iran

Elamite and pre-Aryan civiliations
I put the attention tag on the page to request the following modifications be made:

I believe the Elamite Empire must be added to the list of sections in the box of "History of Iran and Persia" at the top of the page.

It is now becoming increasingly clear that Iran had vast civilizations and centers of population long before the arrival of the Aryans and the establishment of the Achaemenid empire. (e.g. Jiroft civ. and Elamites)

This is not a minor issue. These civilizations were independent of those of Mesopotamia and deserve greater attention.

Please someone address this.--Zereshk 07:30, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Looks like I'll have to contribute myself. I took the tag off.--Zereshk 06:11, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Persepolis Recreated - The Movie Documentary
Seized and burned by Alexander the Great's conquering army, shaken by uncounted earthquakes, eroded by 25 centuries of rain, fluctuating temperatures and scouring winds, Persepolis-the greatest of the royal residences of ancient Persia-is a definitive ancient ruin.

Yet, the place remains an awesomely impressive sight 2,500 years after it was built. Even today, those who step up to its gigantic terrace of 125,000 square meters and see its majestic columns are filled with a sense of awe drifting into a dream-like trance.

A dream in which one tries to visualize the beauty and dazzling splendor of Persepolitan palaces before their sad destruction.

"Persepolis Recreated" is the name of the most recent documentary film, which is available and you can view here online at this site: Perseplis Recreated - Reconstruction of Persepolis

Massive timeline gap
What happened between to 1920’s and the late ‘70’s? Can’t believe this gap. Are there agents sabotaging Wikipedia or something? Bizarre. 23.115.134.53 (talk) 00:40, 14 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Bold 2402:8100:24C7:B6EA:FC5B:3439:B23E:CC56 (talk) 18:22, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Earliest Human Activity.
It appears the time given for earliest human activity is perhaps missing a zero. it seems 100,000 years ago (probably evidence of homo erectus) would make more sense as this number is given before a discussion of Neanderthal Activity. I do not know the detail archeology so I can't say for sure. Just pointing out a possible error observed by a casual reader. 2600:1002:B00E:E662:C526:546C:AE8:1C2B (talk) 01:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)


 * @2600:1002:B00E:E662:C526:546C:AE8:1C2B A further not is that thus time frame is referenced as Middle Paleolithic which is described as 300,000 to 30,000 years ago. 2600:1002:B00E:E662:C526:546C:AE8:1C2B (talk) 01:55, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Change dating system to Common Era
I will be changing the dating system on this article away from the biased, Christian based AD/BC to the common era system. This will bring the article into alignment with secular usage such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India. If you object, please state why you are ok with the biased system here. Eupnevma (talk) 19:29, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Before you go changing AC BC please read Manual of Style, specifically MOS:VAR. Also, instead of hundreds of discussions regarding the changes on hundreds of different talk pages, get a conversation going here: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. Thanks! Masterhatch (talk) 20:34, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

distracting use of casual register
This paragraph

The Mongols killed many Iranian civilians. Destruction of qanat irrigation systems in the north east of Iran destroyed the pattern of relatively continuous settlements, producing many abandoned towns which were relatively quite good with irrigation and agriculture.

reads as perhaps inadvertently casual and borders on a lack of clarity. The link to the cited source leads to a review of the book I believe to be the actual source. The source is itself quite old, though not necessarily outdated. 74.66.75.78 (talk) 23:41, 6 February 2024 (UTC)