A mighty army, led by the great king of Persia, had come from the east.

波斯大帝率领一支强大的军队，从东边开过来了。

He was born in France, but I knew him in Persia.

他出在法国，不过我是在波斯认识他的。

And Netanyahu drew a line from that story to modern Persia - Iran.

内塔尼用了该故事的其中一段来指责现代波斯——伊朗。

He was from Persia, in the Middle East.

他来自中东的波斯。

Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia.

通过叙利人作为媒介，希腊文化渗透到波斯。

America's expense, al-Afghani was born in Persia in 1838.

1838年，阿富汗尼出在波斯（西南国家，现称伊朗）。

We also learned that the walnuts started in sort of Persia.

我们还了解到核桃起源于波斯。

Only, it was the civilisational might of Persia and this was no rumour.

只是，这是波斯的文明威力，这不是谣言。

Their fine clothes were made of silk from Persia.

华美的服饰由波斯的绸缎缝就。

Nowruz is believed to have its roots in the Zoroastrian religion of ancient Persia.

节被认为来源于古代波斯的琐罗斯德宗教。

Persia, for example, was the world's most powerful nation at the time of Alexander the Great.

例如，历山大大帝时期，波斯成为强国。

The British turned to the Indian subcontinent and then to Persia, the Dutch to the East Indies.

英国人转为前往印度次大陆殖民，随后又转向波斯，而荷兰人则去往了东印度群岛。

The Old Testament story of Esther, about a plot to destroy the Jews of Persia, or modern-day Iran.

《旧约》中以斯帖的故事，讲的是一个摧毁波斯犹太人或现代伊朗人的阴谋。

It is thought that they were first put down in writing about a thousand years ago in Persia.

据认为，它们是在大约一千年前的波斯首次以书面形式记录下来的。

Democritus once said that he would rather discover a new cause of nature than be the King of Persia.

德谟克里特斯曾经说过，他对发现新的自然法则比当波斯国王更有兴趣。

ALI BABA FINDS THE CAVE In an old town of Persia there lived two brothers, Cassim and Ali Baba.

阿里巴巴发现藏宝洞在波斯的一个古老的小镇中，住着戈西母和阿里巴巴两兄弟。

Despite his name, and despite a tomb in Kabul restored at America's expense, al-Afghani was born in Persia in 1838.

尽管他的姓名很奇怪，美国人修整了喀布尔（阿富汗的首都）的坟墓，1838年，阿富汗尼出在波斯（西南国家，现称伊朗）。

It's believed that cookies got their start in the seventh century ACE in Persia.

据信，饼干起源于公元七世纪的波斯。

So, there you are in ancient Persia, two strikes down.

所以，你在古代波斯， 两次击落。

It was widely used in India and Persia.

它在印度和波斯被广泛使用。