一萨珊以前的波斯要知道萨珊朝波斯,最宜将萨珊以前波斯的历史大势略为说一说,以明来历。早在公元前十五世纪左右,就有很多雅利安人和许多土著人民分布在于今我们所谓伊朗高原各地方;其中包括着我们在教科书上所常提到的米太人等等。米太人早就建立了国家,其统治到公元前六世纪中叶被居鲁士所推倒。居鲁士推倒米太的统治以后,就开始统一各地方的部族;后经大流士的征战,终于建立波斯帝国。帝国全盛之时,约在公元前五○○年左右。当时统治的地方,非洲方面统治着埃及;欧洲方面,统治着色雷斯:亚洲方面统治势力从地中海起, A Sassoon before the Persian want to know Sassanian toward Persia, the most appropriate history of Sassoon before the Persian general about the historical trend to the bright future. As early as around the 15th century BC there were many Aryans and many indigenous peoples scattered around what we call the Iranian plateau today; among them the Mittags, as we often refer to textbooks. The Midi had long established the nation, and its rule was overthrown by Cyrus until the mid-sixth century BC. After Milutinovic’s overthrow of Mita’s rule, Cyrus began to unify the tribes of all localities. After the expedition by Darius, the Persian Empire was finally established. When the empire was prosperous, it was about around 5000 BC. At the time of the reign, Africa dominates Egypt; in Europe, it ruled Thrace: the ruling forces in Asia started from the Mediterranean,