To what extent did the religion, ethnicities, and languages of the Iran region change because of exposure to
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In antiquity, Iran had only one main ethnic group, one main language, and two main religions. The *ARYANS (the ancient central European people) were its main ethnic group. The two types were the *PERSIANS (ancient Iranian people), and the *MEDES. The tongues spoken were all in the *INDO-EUROPEAN family. One was *OLD-PERSIAN (a dialect of Iranian).They first practiced believing in nature gods, but then, some converted to *ZOROASTRIANISM (one of the world’s oldest, ongoing practiced religions) -
IN 330 B.C.E *ALEXANDER THE GREAT (the former king of Macedonia) conquered Iran. Macedonia is in the southeastern part of Europe which is where the christianity may have come in. Not long after, he died leaving his generals and their relatives to continue organizing sub-empires of their own. Then, in the third century, the process of division in the Persian Sassanid Empire had commenced C.E. Alexander spoke Ancient Greek and this language is actually incorporated in the Persian language. -
Iran’s main ethnicities today are very diverse, but it does not have many religions practiced or languages spoken. The main religion exercised in Iran is Islam. About 99.4% of Iranians are Muslim. Most Islam Iranians belong to the *SHI'ITE (a branch of Islam) branch and about 0.7% of others. The main language is Farsi. 30% of Iranians are Persian. They are the largest ethnic group followed by 16% Azerbaijanis, 10% Kurds, and Lurs. This is a result of different parts of the world coming to Iran.