ASMR Bedtime Story - Ancient Empires of Persia

This soft spoken ASMR video is an exploration of the history of Persia and its ancient empires, from the emergence of civilization in what would become Iran, to the arrival of Iranian peoples, the kingdoms and empires they created (the Achaemenids, the Parthians, the Sassanians), until the Muslim Conquest of the 7th century. I also tell you about Persian culture, language and architecture, the Greco-Persian wars and the rivalry with Rome and Byzantium, and many other aspects of Ancient Persia. related videos: History of the Roman Empire:    • ASMR - 3.5 Hours History of Ancient Rome (...   History of Alexander the Great:    • ASMR - History of Alexander The Great (fea...   Archaeology Stories, including the Ark of the Covenant:    • Archaeology Sleep Stories - Ark of the Cov...   Credits: script and narration by the French Whisperer, visuals by the French Whisperer, under Wikipedia Commons, or under web licence from Panthermedia. Music and sound effects from the YouTube Audio Library for Creators. **************************************************** Music streaming platforms: look up on your favourite site, I am probably on it and the library of available stories is growing every week! My Facebook page:   / thefrenchwhispererasmr   Patreon: your contribution is very welcome. I use it to buy props for videos, books, and pay the bills! Patrons can also download videos in HD, or audio only, access special surveys and listen to my stories as podcasts.   / thefrenchwhisperer   Twitter: @FrenchWhisperer Paypal account: on the front page of my channel or https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... **************************************************** Timestamps: 0:00 Ancient Persia 4:28 Mesopotamia and Iranian Plateau 8:14 Civilization of Elam 10:10 Persia or Iran? 14:14 Indo-European origins or Iranian Peoples 17:38 Change in the country's name 19:20 Neo-Assyrian Empire 23:58 The Achaemenid Dynasty 26:25 Cyrus II the Great, Cambyses II and Darius I 31:55 Administrating an empire 34:57 Old Persian language and cuneiform script 38:24 Persepolis 42:06 Zoroastrianism 45:48 Greco-Persian Wars 48:27 Xerxes' Expedition and Thermopylae 52:36 Stagnation until Alexander the Great 56:02 Rise of the Kingdom of Parthia 58:12 The Parthian Empire 1:01:56 The Sasanian Empire 1:05:20 Wars with Rome and Byzantium 1:07:29 The twilight of Ancient Persia