General Information
Persian Culture or the Culture of Iran, refers to the ancient cultural heritage practiced by the people of Iran today. Other countries, once part of a
Persian super state, forming part of the vast Persian Empire, today also practice and adhere to the Persian culture. These include: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and parts of Uzbekistan and many more. See Sassanian Empire. Persian culture includes such things as the Persian language, Persian alphabet, Persian cuisine, Persian literature, Persian poetry, Persian Art, Persian history and so forth. Also see, Nowruz and Persian people.
To best understand Iran, their related societies and their people, one must first attempt to acquire an understanding of their culture. It is in the study of this
area where the Iranian people's identity optimally expresses itself. Hence the first sentence of prominent Iranologist Richard Nelson Frye's latest book on Persia
reads: "Iran's prize possession has been its culture."
Thus an eclectic cultural elasticity has been said to be one of the key defining characteristics of the Persian spirit and a clue to its historic longevity.
Furthermore, Iran's culture has manifested itself in several facets throughout the history of Iran as well as that of Central Asia.
Persian super state, forming part of the vast Persian Empire, today also practice and adhere to the Persian culture. These include: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and parts of Uzbekistan and many more. See Sassanian Empire. Persian culture includes such things as the Persian language, Persian alphabet, Persian cuisine, Persian literature, Persian poetry, Persian Art, Persian history and so forth. Also see, Nowruz and Persian people.
To best understand Iran, their related societies and their people, one must first attempt to acquire an understanding of their culture. It is in the study of this
area where the Iranian people's identity optimally expresses itself. Hence the first sentence of prominent Iranologist Richard Nelson Frye's latest book on Persia
reads: "Iran's prize possession has been its culture."
Thus an eclectic cultural elasticity has been said to be one of the key defining characteristics of the Persian spirit and a clue to its historic longevity.
Furthermore, Iran's culture has manifested itself in several facets throughout the history of Iran as well as that of Central Asia.
This information was aquired from Wikipedia with slight alterations done to it by myself.