White people, Europeans, Persians, Arabs, Middle Easterners.

白，欧洲，波，阿拉伯，。

This time, the Persians said no.

这一次，波说不。

As long ago as 500 A.D., Persians used windmills for grinding grain and pumping water.

早在公元500年，波就利用风车来研磨谷物以及抽水。

These mountain people were the Persians.

这个山地民族就是波。

The same free people of Athens who defeated the Persians later treated Miltiades and Themistocles with just such ingratitude.

这是曾战胜过波的自由的雅典民，也就是后来很不知感激地对待米尔提亚德和泰米托克利的雅典民。

Eventually, the Persians, under Darius I invaded Greece in 492 BCE.

最终，波在大流士一世的领导下于公元前 492 年入侵希腊。

And then, in 480 BCE, Xerxes took his Persians across the Hellespont and moved south, towards Sparta, gaining allies.

后，在公元前 480 年，薛西带领他的波穿过赫勒蓬特河，向南移动，前往巴达，获得盟友。

At great cost to the Persians, the Spartans and their king, Leonidas, were killed.

波付出巨大的代价，斩杀巴达勇士和他们的国王列奥尼达。

The Persians suffered heavy losses. Those remaining took to their ships and fled. Such a victory!

许多波阵亡。剩下的波登船逃跑。在获胜几率如此低的情况下取得胜利！

The Persians were defeated and Xerxes fled, never to return.

波战败，薛西逃跑，再也没有回来。

Meanwhile, ancient Persians built shallow insulated pools of water and utilized a technique known as sky cooling.

与此同时，古波建造隔热的浅水池，并利用“空气冷却”技术。

So there at Marathon they formed ranks, and fell upon the startled Persians. And they were victorious.

所以他们在马拉松集结并向受惊的波发起攻击。雅典打胜仗。

Lydia was powerful and prosperous, but it was threatened from the east by the rapidly expanding power of the Persians.

吕底亚国力强大，经济发达，但边迅速扩张的波对他们仍是一种威胁。

Ten years later, the Persians returned, planning to conquer the whole of Greece under the leadership of Darius's son, Xerxes.

十年后，波重返，计划征服整个希腊，统帅为达利的儿子薛西。

Iraqis, Kurds, Pakistanis, Persians, and the peoples of Central Asia.

伊拉克、库尔德、巴基坦、波和亚民。

It was Alexander who won the final, decisive victory over the Persians.

是亚历山大赢得对波的最后决定性胜利。

The literature of Indians, Greeks, Persians, and Teutons alike was characterized by great cosmic visions.

印度、希腊、波和日耳曼的文学都以伟大的宇宙观为特征。

The Persians are approaching. A small contingent. Too small for an attack.

有波朝我们过来。只有一小撮，不像要来打仗。

And then the Persians, and then Alexander the Great and finally, the Romans.

，后是波，后是亚历 山大大帝，最后是罗马。

The Persians had imperial dreams of their own and they attacked Greek cities in Ionia, the west coast of Turkey today.

波有自己的帝国梦想，他们袭击今天土耳其西海岸爱奥尼亚的希腊城市。