He had survived pellagra in Persia, scurvy in the Malayan archipelago, leprosy in Alexandria, beriberi in Japan, bubonic plague in Madagascar, an earthquake in Sicily, and a disastrous shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan.

他在波斯患过癞病，在马来亚群岛患过坏血病，在亚历山大患过麻疯病，在日本患过脚气病，在马达加斯加患过淋巴腺鼠疫，在西西里碰到过地震，在麦哲伦海峡遇到过牺牲惨重的轮船失事。

He was born in France, but I knew him in Persia.

他出生在法国，不过我是在波斯认识他的。

Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colorful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silkware.

大船还末下锚，小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿工夫，甲板上就色彩斑斓的波斯地毯。印度丝绸，铜咖啡壶及手工制作的漂亮的银器。

And Netanyahu drew a line from that story to modern Persia - Iran.

内塔尼亚胡引该故事的其中一段来指责现代波斯——伊朗。

He was from Persia, in the Middle East.

他来自中东的波斯。

Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia.

通过叙利亚人作为媒介，希腊文化渗透到波斯。

America's expense, al-Afghani was born in Persia in 1838.

1838，阿富汗尼出生在波斯（西南亚国家，现称伊朗）。

We also learned that the walnuts started in sort of Persia.

我们还解到核桃起源于波斯。

Only, it was the civilisational might of Persia and this was no rumour.

只是，这是波斯的文明威力，这不是谣言。

Their fine clothes were made of silk from Persia.

华美的服饰由波斯的绸缎缝就。

Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.

大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿工夫，甲板上就色彩斑斓的波斯地毯、印度丝绸、铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器。

You see, across the 17th and 18th centuries, Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf right off of the Saudi Mainland had been ruled by various dynasties coming from Persia and Iran.

要知道，在 17 世纪和 18 世纪期间，巴林这个紧邻沙特大陆的波斯湾岛屿一直被来自波斯和伊朗的各个王朝所统治。

Prior to the Muslim Arab invasion of Persia, which is modern day Iran, the religion of Zoroastrianism had been the primary religion of the Iranian people.

在阿拉伯穆斯林入侵波斯之前，也就是现在的伊朗，琐罗亚斯德教一直是伊朗人民的主要宗教。

But this inheritance was later swelled by the enormous wealth he captured in Persia, and Alexander's imperial conquests were bankrolled by nearly five million kilos of Persian gold.

这些贵金属成为亚历山大早期战争的经费来源。而在征服波斯之后，他财富大增: 他从波斯掠走约五百万公斤的黄金。

Perhaps he thought it was one of those " Well I never" anecdotes that would enliven his histories of Greece's wars against Persia.

也许他认为这是那些“嗯，我从来没有”的轶事之一，可以使他的希腊与波斯战争史更加生动。

In retaliation, Genghis Khan sent 100 000 men to sweep through Persia and sent them running to an island in the Caspian Sea.

为报复，成吉思汗派 10 万人横扫波斯，让他们逃到里海的一个小岛上。

Julian's invasion of Persia fared no better, like many of his predecessors Julian saw the need for a pre-emptive strike on Persia.

朱利安入侵波斯也同样不顺利，和他的前任皇帝一样，朱利安认为入侵波斯需要先发制人。

Every carving depicts fighting from different epic battles— each a mythical representation of Greece's victory over Persia about 40 years earlier.

每一个雕刻都讲述不同的史诗级战斗场面——描绘着希腊 40 前战胜波斯的场景。

Despite his name, and despite a tomb in Kabul restored at America's expense, al-Afghani was born in Persia in 1838.

尽管他的姓名很奇怪，美国人修整喀布尔（阿富汗的首都）的坟墓，1838，阿富汗尼出生在波斯（西南亚国家，现称伊朗）。

Democritus once said that he would rather discover a new cause of nature than be the King of Persia.

德谟克里特斯曾经说过，他对发现新的自然法则比当波斯国王更有兴趣。