PERSIA

or Iran, as its inhabitants call 3 it, is a large kingdom in the south-west of; Asis. Its openne to Ru ia on the north, _ its neighbourtiood to a on e east, render Persia an rg special. interest to English men. its ares of. 650,000 square miles, large pas eee and snother large pete Where, however, systematic cultivation does exist, ~. the natural fertility gives a rich reward; wheat, barley, cotton, sugar and rice grow well; silk could eof ene in great | abundance, and the wines of Persia were once famous, Manufactures are slmost: non-existent. The products of ths country aro exchanged against such trifling manofactured goods as the average Persian re ae through caravans, The cxincina} wns are Teberan, tho copittebrin’ puchire the onl ietand an z Bus ly is on the Persian Guif. At one time ae and rappe a red Pia s merce. Under Cyrus, about 537 ao, Z the Persians made themselves masters “ the Median and Betyiceten and: then proceeded to of Asia: Minor. This brought them hostility; ‘| with the Gre, at aaa crte ange: 4 ee eau > orx a teow conquer; | Grecee, “tthe modes” history of Persie: [s. 239]