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Star-tile, Kashan, 13–14th century. Persian art or Iranian art ( Persian: هنر ایرانی, romanized : Honar-è Irâni) has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture.
Persian realist Gouache painting of the Qajar dynasty and soldiers in 1850-1851. The arts of Iran are one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many traditional disciplines including architecture, painting, literature, music, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stonemasonry.
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The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of May 2024, it has 1,002,508 articles, 1,311,376 registered users, and 90,623 files, and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias.
- December 19, 2003; 19 years ago
- Persian
- 1,133,601 (total registered, as of 11 July 2022)
- Wikimedia Foundation (non-profit)
Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as ariya (Iranian).
- Evolved into Middle Persian by c. 300 BCE
- Old Persian cuneiform
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The culture of Iran includes the art, language, theater, cinema and music of the country. The culture of Iran has been influenced by many different things, by religion and by its ancient history. The nation has different ethnic groups including Persians, Turks, Arabs, and Kurds.
