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Ancient Persia hella based Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE) 20th Century History (media.piefed.social)
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[–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Should have stuck with the name Persia. Imagine throwing out such well a respected and historic name

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago

    Iran is also very ancient and more widely used inside of Iran itself, which is why they asked the international community in the 1930s to start using it. I agree Persia sounds cooler, though.

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