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CHAPTER FIVE INTRO: Persian king Darius summoned Greek and Indian wise men to prove that everyone has practices they believe is right Cultures started second guessing their own cultures due to thinkers trying to distinguish what?s natural Greeks and Persians had more in common than they thought ANCIENT IRAN: Iran location links it with Western Asia and Southern/Central Asia. The great empire of Persians of southwest Iran introduced Iranian elements and developed new forms of political and economic organization in western Asia. Because little writings from Persians have survived, we learn about them through their neighbors the Greeks. Geography and Resources