{"id":15063,"date":"2022-06-08T17:43:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=209489"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:00:09","slug":"how-the-persians-were-written-out-of-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/how-the-persians-were-written-out-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Persians were written out of history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Spencer Mizen\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 08 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells Spencer Mizen why Eurocentric depictions of the \u201cbarbarous\u201d Persians have obscured the achievements of one of the ancient world\u2019s great civilisations.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Read more | <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/ancient-history\/persians-empire-how-great-achievements-legacy\/&quot;\">The Persians: empire of the greats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-209489-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/PersiansLLJ-ba69852.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/PersiansLLJ-ba69852.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/PersiansLLJ-ba69852.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is the author of <em>Persians: The Age of The Great Kings<\/em> (Wildfire, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/persians-the-age-of-the-great-kings\/9781472277282&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Persians-Great-Professor-Lloyd-Llewellyn-Jones\/dp\/1472277287?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/persians\/professor-lloyd-llewellyn-jones\/9781472277282&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Spencer Mizen Published: Wednesday, 08 June 2022 at 12:00 am Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells Spencer Mizen why Eurocentric depictions of the \u201cbarbarous\u201d Persians have obscured the achievements of one of the ancient world\u2019s great civilisations. 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