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The culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or culture of Persia [1] [2] [3] is one of the oldest and among the most influential in the world. Iran ( Persia ) is widely regarded as one of the cradles of civilization .
The Persians (/ ˈ p ɜːr ʒ ən z / PUR-zhənz or / ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ən z / PUR-shənz) are a Western Iranian ethnic group who comprise the majority of the population of Iran. [4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [6] [7] [8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.
The landscape encompasses the remnants of the ancient city of Tus along with its significant historical, literary, and religious sites. Among these, the most notable is the mausoleum of Ferdowsi, the revered Persian poet who authored the Shahnameh, an epic poem foundational to Persian culture and identity. [82] University of Tehran: Tehran province
Pahlevani and zourkhaneh rituals is the name inscribed by UNESCO for varzesh-e pahlavāni (Persian: آیین پهلوانی و زورخانهای, "heroic sport") [1] or varzesh-e bāstāni (ورزش باستانی; varzeš-e bāstānī, "ancient sport"), a traditional system of athletics and a form of martial arts [2] originally used to train warriors in Iran [3] [4] Outside Iran ...
Persian culture — of ancient and modern Iran , in Western Asia; For contemporary Iran, please see: Category: Culture of Iran. Subcategories.
Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...
The composite Turko-Persian, Turco-Persian, [1] or Turco-Iranian (Persian: فرهنگ ایرانی-ترکی) is the distinctive culture that arose in the 9th and 10th centuries AD in Khorasan and Transoxiana (present-day Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and minor parts of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan). [2]
The Sintashta culture, also known as the Sintashta–Petrovka culture [44] or Sintashta–Arkaim culture, [45] is a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the northern Eurasian steppe on the borders of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, dated to the period 2100–1800 BC. [46]