White people, Europeans, Persians, Arabs, Middle Easterners.

白人，欧洲人，波斯人，阿拉伯人，中东人。

This time, the Persians said no.

这一次，波斯人说不。

As long ago as 500 A.D., Persians used windmills for grinding grain and pumping water.

早在公元500年，波斯人就利用风车来研磨谷物以及抽水。

These mountain people were the Persians.

这个山地民族就是波斯人。

At great cost to the Persians, the Spartans and their king, Leonidas, were killed.

波斯付出了巨大的代价，斩杀了斯巴达勇士和他们的国王列奥尼达斯。

Eventually, the Persians, under Darius I invaded Greece in 492 BCE.

最终，波斯人在大流士一世的领导下于公元前 492 年入侵希腊。

And then, in 480 BCE, Xerxes took his Persians across the Hellespont and moved south, towards Sparta, gaining allies.

然后，在公元前 480 年，薛西斯带领他的波斯人穿过赫勒斯蓬特河，向南移动，前往斯巴达，获得盟友。

The Persians suffered heavy losses. Those remaining took to their ships and fled. Such a victory!

许多波斯人阵亡了。剩下的波斯人登船逃跑了。竟然在获胜几率如此低的情况下取得了胜利！

The Persians were defeated and Xerxes fled, never to return.

波斯战败，薛西斯逃跑，再也没有回来。

Meanwhile, ancient Persians built shallow insulated pools of water and utilized a technique known as sky cooling.

与此同时，古波斯人建造了隔热的浅水池，并利用“空气冷却”技术。