kc-Culture

= **__Culture__ ** =  === The ancient Persians believed in truth and justice. Their universal motto and very core of their culture was **Truth for the sake of truth**. It was followed not only by the kings, but even by the ordinary Persians, who made it a point to adhere to this code of conduct. The punishment for lying was death in the most extreme cases. The Persians also loved art, such as architecture, painting, sculpture and metalwork. When Persia started conquering other empires, there culture started intermingling with other empires. Part of there culture is there religion. The Persian's didn't have a religion until their reign reached what is now South-Western Iran. There it came to be accepted by the rulers and through them became a defining element of Persian culture. Herodotus, a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC, wrote, "[the Perses] have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as the Greeks imagine." He claims the Persians offer sacrifice to: "the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they began the worship of Urania, which they borrowed from the Arabians and Assyrians. Mylitta is the name by which the Assyrians know this goddess, whom the Arabians call Alitta, and the Persians Anahita." ===