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Persian

Synonym of Iranians (the term used to designate them until 1934). Appeared in Persia at the same time as the Medes to the ^first millennium BC. BC, the Persians are a people Indo-European. They are listed as ^the fifth century BC. BC by Herodotus ^{See also}

Persian (inhabitant of Persia)
Iranian peoples

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A land of migrations
The Achaemenid
The Sassanid

References

Herodotus, The survey, in: Herodotus - Thucydides, The Complete Works, introduction by J. Romilly, text presented, translated and annotated by A. Barguet to Herodotus and D. Thucydides Roussel, Paris, Gallimard, coll. Bibliotheque de la Pleiade "No. 176, XXVIII-1876 p., 1964.