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.

他在患癞病，在马来亚群岛患坏血病，在亚历山大患麻疯病，在日本患脚气病，在马达加加患淋巴腺鼠疫，在西西里碰地震，在麦哲伦海峡遇牲惨重轮船失事。

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

他出生在法国，不我是在认识他。

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，小船上人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓地毯。印度丝绸，铜咖啡壶及手工制作漂亮银器。

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

内塔尼亚胡引了该故事其中一段来指责现代——伊朗。

He was from Persia, in the Middle East.

他来自中东。

Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia.

通叙利亚人作为媒介，希腊文化渗透。

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

1838年，阿富汗尼出生在（西南亚国家，现称伊朗）。

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

我们还了解核桃起源于。

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

只是，这是文明威力，这不是谣言。

Their fine clothes were made of silk from Persia.

华美服饰由绸缎缝就。

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。小船上人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓地毯、印度丝绸、铜咖啡壶以及手工制作漂亮银器。

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湾岛屿一直被来自和伊朗各个王朝所统治。

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.

在阿拉伯穆林入侵之前，也就是现在伊朗，琐罗亚德教一直是伊朗人民主要宗教。

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经费来源。而在征服了之后，他财富大增: 他从掠走了约五百万公斤黄金。

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”轶事之一，可以使他希腊与战争史更加生动。

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

为了报复，成吉思汗派了 10 万人横扫，让他们逃里海一个小岛上。

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

朱利安入侵也同样不顺利，和他前任皇帝一样，朱利安认为入侵需要先发制人。

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

每一个雕刻都讲述了不同史诗级战斗场面——描绘着希腊 40 年前战胜场景。

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

尽管他姓名很奇怪，美国人修整了喀布尔（阿富汗首都）坟墓，1838年，阿富汗尼出生在（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.

德谟克里特曾经说，他对发现新自然法则比当国王更有兴趣。