Deserts, camel caravans and rose gardens — from Persia, the tales of Kalila wa Dimna spread across the whole world.
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Far away lies Persia — a land of deserts and mountains, called Iran today. Long camel caravans crossed its sands in single file, and its cities were dressed in colourful tiles and rose gardens.
Long ago, scholars here wrote "Kalila wa Dimna" — a storybook named after two jackals. People loved it so much that land after land translated it into its own language. If you want proof that stories fly from country to country, Persia's tales are the best proof there is!
The camel is called the ship of the desert — it can walk for days and days without a single drink of water!
Persia's rose gardens are famous the world over — they even make sweet-smelling rosewater from the petals.
The Kalila wa Dimna tales came from India's Panchatantra — and translation by translation, they spread across the world.
A Persian carpet holds a whole garden woven in thread — flowers, birds and deer, all drawn in wool!