The Tomb of Queen Esther in Persia

Post by davidw » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 8:30 PM UTC

kweks wrote: post #6

I happened to head through this region last year. The desert near Isfahan is absolutely mind blowing. It's like procedural generation meets the clone stamp tool. http://travel.ninjito.com/2014-08-18-Iran

Post by mh8h » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 9:20 PM UTC

Kinnard wrote: post #12

eternalban wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Persians and Jews.

Are Persians a tribe? Which tribe are Persian Jews a part of?

Post by mpoloton » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 9:33 PM UTC

prewett wrote: post #14

I think of Iran as desert (a particularly beautiful one, judging from the pictures), but I can't imagine Persia having the resources from a desert to become a world power. Was the area of Iran always a desert?

Post by lotux » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 9:45 PM UTC

mh8h wrote: post #13

Kinnard wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are Persians a tribe? Which tribe are Persian Jews a part of?

Yes. The old Persians were one of the major tribes who lived in the Iranian plateau circa 1000 BCE.

Post by joshvm » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 10:05 PM UTC

jbattle wrote: post #16

pazimzadeh wrote: post #7

Iran is a beautiful country, I'd like to go back sometime. Here are some of my favorite pictures from my time there which I sometimes use for design inspiration: http://imgur.com/a/ll2no . I put some of them through Google Deep Dream for some strange results: http://imgur.com/a/xIro8 , http://imgur.com/a/iwawP Incidentally, my first pen was a red Lamy, back in France where children were required (still are?) to use f…

Scrolling up and down on your last link makes my eyes play tricks on me - they look like they start animating.