@dovetails88@Bitcojner@genericmainer@EndWokeness The people of the Iranian Plateau referred to their land by an indigenous name, which is now known as Iran, derived from Airyan ("land of the Aryans"), a name that was used in their ancient texts.
@dovetails88@Bitcojner@genericmainer@EndWokeness technically It was the Greeks who began to use the term "Perses" to refer to Cyrus the Great's empire, and this word was later adopted by other cultures.