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Jack Clark

History Ms. Assini

History of Pearls in Persia

The history of pearls in Persia is very unique. Persia was located in what is now Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Armania, Iraq, north India, Azarbayejan, and Emerates. Archaeologists believe that the Persians were the first culture to collect pearls in their very large pearl fields. Also archaeologists say that the Persians have the oldest pearl fields that produced the most rare and highest quality pearls that were found nowhere else in the world. Pearls affected a lot of aspects in a Persian’s life. The pearls also affected the art and culture of the Persians. Furthermore with all the pearls in the waters in Persia it affected how the land and waters were used. The pearls affected a lot of aspects in a Persian’s life. The pearls were often used as money in daily life and because pearls were very valuable the people could get a lot for just one pearl. Another way the pearl affected Persians is that a lot of jobs were based around collecting, buying, and selling pearls. This means that a lot of the Persian Jobs by the ocean and sea were related to pearl collecting. This is how pearls affected the people of Persia. The pearls affected the art and culture of the Persians. The famous poet Sa’di explains the process by which pearls are created in his poetry called Boustan. In the poem EskandarnAmeh the poet Nezami relates the birth of Alexander the Great to the growth of a pearl in a shell fertilized by rain. The oldest pearl necklace is found in a 2400-year-old Persian queen’s tomb. The necklace is called a Susa necklace. The Susa necklace has 3 rows of 72 pearls each held with spacer bars. This is one of the oldest pearl necklace designs. This is how pearls affected the art and culture of the Persians The pearls affected how the land and waters were used. Relatively warm and shallow waters and a warm climate along with many fresh water springs create a rare mixture of salt and fresh water. This in turn creates very unique pearls found only in Persia and are very expensive. Because of this the waters were only used for fishing and pearl hunting. Persepolis was the capital of Persia. Its location at 52.89005 longitude 29.9337083333333 latitude gave Persepolis a warm climate. That location also meant that Persepolis was 29 miles from the nearest pearl field. This distance was only about a two-day walk making Persepolis a main trading city of Persia. The land near the waters was mostly made up of fishing and pearling villages. There were also some trading outposts just outside of the costal areas. This was how the Persians used their land on the coast. The religion of the Persians. The Persians had really no set religion but the leader of the empire was considered a god to everyone in the empire. this ment that everyone from the slaves to the warrieres to the high priest worshiped the leader as a god. The empire considered the leader to be imortal and that the leader could not bleed human blood. This is the history that Persians had with pearls. The Persians had may uses with their pearls. They used their pearls as money and jewelry. Poets like Sa’di and Nezami used pearls as inspiration for poems that are now famous. Persian pearl jewelry like the Susa necklace is some of the oldest jewelry on earth. The large Persian pearl fields produced a lot of very rare pearls. This is how the Persians used pearls before the 17th century. __** Jack I don't really see any corrections I need to do, but try to be more fluent. You start to talk about one thing and then go right in to the next. If possible and I know this is hard, but try to make a relation some how. Also, the project doesn't all need to be on pearls. you can talk about history or the religion without an relation to pearl. Also have an Opening and closing. make's it sound more formal. **__

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