How the Persians were written out of history

<p>Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells Spencer Mizen why Eurocentric depictions of the “barbarous” Persians have obscured the achievements of one of the ancient world’s great civilisations.</p><p> </p><p>(Ad) Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is the author of Persians: The Age of The Great Kings (Wildfire, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Persians-Great-Professor-Lloyd-Llewellyn-Jones/dp/1472277287/ref=asc_df_1472277287/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=535049525184&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=5614143262630945554&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1006715&amp;hvtargid=pla-1410292999858&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Persians-Great-Professor-Lloyd-Llewellyn-Jones/dp/1472277287/ref=asc_df_1472277287/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=535049525184&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=5614143262630945554&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1006715&amp;hvtargid=pla-1410292999858&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>