Don't just compare #Cyrus the Great (کوروش بزرگ
; 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁) to rulers before him
This is not a convenient fact, so it's is ignored by modern authors: Compare him to what came after:
Romans had no issues destroying what there was in Britain, Germany...: old beliefs...
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See e.g., Boudican revolt.
Centuries later authors had to invent the magical world of "western civilization" by connecting Greece to Rome, Rome to various parts of the world. Now it's basically skin color & religion that connect such widely different cultures in
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Hungary to Scotland, But can't let Turkey into EU cause they're not Christian & white enough!
Arabs had no issues force converting Egyptians, Central Asians... to Islam, and forcing people to speak Arabic in various places. They didn't need to write a cylinder to pretend!
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Mongols had NO issues destroying everything and murdering everyone, No issues I assure you.
White people had No issues murdering, raping, robbing land, force converting indigenous people all over the world, among other atrocities.
England had no issues destroying
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cultures & places in name of "civilizing" societies.
Cyrus & the Persians Respected other cultures, other religions. Cyrus Respected other people. He had no reason to "pretend"
This is not Convenient for writers today, so they have to go to great lengths to Rewrite "history".
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Please forgive me, but I'm getting excited here... I may have connected some dots that were left unconnected before...
1: In "Ardashir and the Sasanians' Rise to Power" by Dr. @tourajdaryaee & "ReOrienting the Sasanians" by Dr. @sasanianshah I did not see these connections.
2: For some reason various sources note the name of a "Indo-Parthian" ruler as "Sasan", for example ...
in "Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art":
and "The interrelation between Indo-Parthian and Kushan chronology", 1992. This second article seems to provide some clues:
Achaemenid Royal Audience Scene, inside shield of Persian soldier on so-called 'Alexander Sarcophagus'
4th C BCE, from Sidon, @ Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Photos: Fluorescent UV & Reconstruction
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An older drawing without some of the details (1);
There are parallels, precedents to #Achaemenid royal scenes in Assyrian, Elamite, other Near Eastern art. Drawing in photo 2 for example is likely of an older, Elamite seal which continued to be used in Achaemenid court
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We see examples of this royal audience scene @ Persepolis, here reconstructed from the fuller image @ Apadana, and another modern recreation @ Zinat al-Molk House