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Mainland Greece in ancient times was not part of the Persian Empire, though many Greek lands in what is now Turkey were conquered by Persia. It was Greek military resistance to two Persian invasions that kept it out of the Persian Empire.

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They were from the present area of Iran and ethnically different from the Greeks who were spread from Spain to Asia Minor.

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No, the ancient persians had several ancient gnostic and monotheistic religions before becoming predominantly worshippers of Islam.

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