An idol-worshiper's guide to god-stan: a trilogy in 7 parts: when above

Persians forever changed our knowledge of the ancient history and in the process they sprinkled the Water of Life on the very roots of the Cradle of Civilization. In the 19th century of the Common Era the civilized world was about 2,500 years old. Cracking the codes of the forgotten Cuneiform & Hieroglyph scripts added another 3,500+ years or so...