古波斯文明

摘要：

@@ Comparatively little is known of the Persians before the sixth century B.C. Up to that time they appear to have led an obscure and peaceful existence on the eastern shore of the Persian Gulf. Their homeland afforded only modest advantages. On the east it was hemmed in by high mountains, and its coast line was destitute of harbors. The fertile valleys of the interior, however, were capable of providing a generous subsistence for a limited population. Save for the development of an elaborate religion, the people had made little progress. They had no system of writing, but they did have a spoken language closely related to Sanskrit and to the languages of ancient and modern Europe. It is for this reason alone and not because of race that they are accurately referred to as an Indo-European people. At the dawn of their history they were not an independent nation but were vassals1 of Medes, a kindred2 people who ruled over a great empire north and east of the Tigris River.

机标关键词：波斯文明、古波斯

分类号：K281.14;G256.4;B983

在线出版日期：2006-07-31（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共2页

页码：26-27