He was from Persia, in the Middle East.

他来自中东的波斯。

Their fine clothes were made of silk from Persia.

华美的服饰由波斯的绸缎缝就。

Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia.

通过叙利亚人作为媒介，希腊文化渗透到波斯。

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

他出生法国，不过波斯认识他的。

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

1838年，阿富汗尼出生波斯（西南亚国家，现称伊朗）。

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

们还了解到核桃起源于波斯。

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

内塔尼亚胡引用了该事的其中一段来指责现代波斯——伊朗。

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

只，这波斯的文明威力，这不谣言。

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

诺鲁孜节被认为来源于古代波斯的琐罗亚斯德宗教。

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。

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

例如，亚历山大大帝时期，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》中以斯帖的事，讲的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波斯的一个古老的小镇中，住着戈西母和阿里巴巴两兄弟。

Khanee grew up in Persia. Today, Persia is called Iran.

卡尼波斯长大, 今天的波斯被称为伊朗。

Cecil Spring-Rice had been buried in Persia.

Cecil Spring-Rice 被埋葬波斯。

Julian's invasion of Persia fared no better, like many of his predecessors Julian saw the need for a pre-emptive strike on Persia.

朱利安入侵波斯也同样不顺利，和他的前任皇帝一样，朱利安认为入侵波斯需要先发制人。

Girls in Persia wore head coverings like this one.

波斯的女孩戴着像这样的头巾。