TEHRAN-- People might be introduced to cultural heritage through art treasures, the deputy tourism minister has said.Using art as a medium for presenting cultural heritage to individuals works and crucial, IRNA quoted Ali Darabi as saying on Friday.People who operate in cinema and other artistic fields might add to the promotion of cultural heritage if they were made aware of the abilities of Irans cultural heritage, the main added.In order for the countrys cultural heritage to be talked about and promoted, it should be done through the media, he pointed out.

The efforts of these terrific men and women in this field assisted us find out about our history of seven thousand years, he noted.Ancient Iran, also referred to as Persia, historical region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern-day Iran.

The term Persia was used for centuries, primarily in the West, to designate those areas where the Persian language and culture predominated, however it more correctly describes an area of southern Iran formerly called Persis, additionally as Pars or Parsa, modern Fars.Parsa was the name of an Indo-European nomadic people who moved into the region about 1000 BC.

The very first mention of Parsa takes place in the record of Shalmanesar II, an Assyrian king, in 844 BC.During the rule of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty (559-- 330 BC), the ancient Greeks initially came across the residents of Persis on the Iranian plateau, when the Achaemenids-- locals of Persis-- were broadening their political sphere.

The Achaemenids were the dominant dynasty during Greek history till the time of Alexander the Great, and the use of the name Persia was slowly extended by the Greeks and other individuals to apply to the entire Iranian plateau.ABU/ AM