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Reading #4 (Chapter 3 Docs)

The document that I found most interesting was the one of the Persians. First of all looking at their religious beliefs, the did believe in gods but they still believed that no one had power like humans. So no matter how powerful a god was he was never going to have as much power as a human could. They also didn't believe in building altars or shrines, and did do sacrifices but not to the same extent as other people. Persians also really only celebrated one thing and that was their birthday. The wealthy would serve all types of animals, the poor would usually only serve cattle but they would still serve plenty of food. One thing that Persians did was enjoy luxuries and they were quick to adapt. If they saw a technology from another region they would quickly adapt and buy whatever the new thing was. The main thing that they focused on was manliness and mostly on the battle field. When a man had a son he wouldn't meet him until he was 5 so he would not get emotionally attached if he passed away.

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