In the XIII century in the ancient East, the valiant Mongol cavalry was under the command of Genghis Khan.
The once glorious Persian Empire finally fell under the crushing of the Mongol iron cavalry, and the iron hooves of Genghis Khan's grandson became the final killer weapon.
A parchment letter in the dust of a millennium reveals a long-sealed secret, and the conclusion that Persia has become a battleground for generations of warlords because of its unique geographical location has been overturned.
Around the 7th century B.C., the glory of the Assyrian Empire faded away, and the Medes living here gradually grew stronger after years of precipitation and accumulation. They succeeded in overthrowing the Assyrian Empire and establishing the emerging Median regime, which even extended its sphere of influence to a vast area of the Iranian plateau, including the Medes, Persia, Parthia, and parts of Asia Minor.
Although the Persian Empire had its glory days, that all changed in 550 BC. Since then, more than a dozen ethnic groups, including Elamite and Parthia, have submitted to the Persian Empire, which also marked the beginning of the Persian Empire's endless territorial expansion.
After more than 10 years of unremitting efforts, we have finally won the victory of conquest by force.
In 337 B.C., the Persian Empire ended its two-hundred-year splendor under the attack of Alexander the Great, and disappeared like a flash in the pan in the history of world civilization.
What was once powerful and rich has become meaningless.
The earliest exchanges between China and the Persians can be traced back to the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when Zhang Qian successfully reached the Persian region through the Hexi Corridor.
Zhang Qian's unremitting efforts made Chinese commerce and trade flourish in the Persian region at that time, and the exchanges between the two countries brought about milestone progress. Interestingly, in the following centuries, the course of Persian history was surprisingly consistent with that of China!
After the Han Dynasty, China entered the turbulent Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, while the Sassanid Empire in Persia also experienced frequent Arab raids.
In the Tang Dynasty, the descendants of the Sassanid Dynasty could only seek protection from the Tang Dynasty because of the loss of their land. This situation promoted the integration of Persian culture and Chinese civilization.
Temujin, a god-like being, led the heroic and warlike Mongol cavalry, ending the three-division of the Southern Song Dynasty, Western Xia, and Liao, and tightly controlling the power under the iron cavalry of the Mongol cavalry.
The largest period in China's history had begun, and the nomads were still not satisfied with the status quo and decided to follow the great Khan Temujin to continue to expand their territory.
Genghis Khan divided the vast territories they conquered into four khanates.
Originally, the ruling power of the Persian Empire was controlled by Khorezm. Subsequently, the territory of the Ilkhanate expanded to Persia, and the death of Genghis Khan also triggered a competition among the four khanates for the supremacy of the khan.
In the long course of history, Kublai Khan had great ambitions and decided to end the feudal system and re-administer the four khanates. As a close friend of Kublai Khan, Hülegü did not hesitate to side with Kublai Khan and supported his decision.
With his help, Kublai Khan demonstrated his leadership skills and established a powerful Yuan Empire. Although the other three khanates were not convinced, under the pressure of the situation, they had to bow to Kublai Khan.
Hülegü once had the dream of becoming a king, hoping to leave a great legacy in history. However, he knew that there was still a certain gap between his strength and **, and the contradictions between the Ilkhanate and the surrounding small countries had not yet been resolved at that time.
As a result, he made a wise decision, which was a major turning point in his life and also paid off handsomely. In return, Kublai Khan handed over full power of Persia to him, and from then on, Hulegu truly became the overlord of the Persian land.
With the magnificence of reciprocating the peach, Kublai Khan won the submission of all the people. This magnanimity enabled his descendants to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, even after Hülegü's death.
The excavated artifacts mentioned at the beginning of this parchment article confirm that the Persian Empire was once part of Chinese territory, and it has shocked many Chinese and Western scholars in the last century.
Therefore, the Ilkhanate ruled by Abaha accepted the feudal title of the Great Yuan Empire and indeed belonged to a province of the Yuan Dynasty!
Although the Yuan Empire was once extremely powerful, it could not escape the cycle of history after all. Just a hundred years later, the empire that once ruled a vast territory collapsed, and it is regrettable that the territory it once conquered fell into the hands of others.
While the Yuan Empire showed great strength in terms of conquest, it paled in terms of governing the country. It is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to govern the world, and this is the ruthlessness of history.
The Yuan Empire was deeply hurt by the hierarchical Brahmin system, with the Brahmins having supreme power and the Shudras living at the bottom of society, exploited and oppressed.
However, the Shudras were not resigned to their humble fate, and one of them, Shakyamuni, stood up and created a far-reaching Buddhist teaching, elevating the concept of "equality of all people" to the level of "equality of all beings", and elevating Buddhist theory to the realm of philosophy.
The Yuan Empire's blind copying of the 1,800-year-old "caste system" was anachronistic, leading to an angry revolt by the long-suppressed Song and Nan people, and eventually, Zhu Yuanzhang, the leader of the Ming Sect, regained control of China.
The once glorious Yuan Dynasty is now just a small wave in history, and similarly, the mighty Persia was renamed Iran in 1935.