Real Revolution — Page 20
20. Iranian culture was the idea of co-operation, this being the reason why this culture has been the first to originate a concept which gave birth to the idea of an empire comprising units which, in a way, were free, but formed part of an inter-related whole. . If we look closely we would find that this political concept and vision was a result of the duality the culture conceded in regard to the deity. When they conceived that there were two Gods, both independent in themselves but still one superior to the other, they were mentally in a position to create a political and social order in which one king or ruler should be the most major among a number of minor ones, all the latter being independent in themselves, yet in a way subordinate to a higher political power. Imperialism seems to have developed from this concept. . Nothing like this is to be found in India or the other countries that a powerful king remained subject to another king, less strong, simply because he was the emperor and therefore entitled to obedience and respect. This political invention of the ancient. Iranian culture opened up a new way for the maintenance of peace and order for some time. . Instances abound in Iranian history where the dominant central ruler was weakened in time, while those in a subordinate position became stronger, yet they all flocked together at the call of the emperor. . The Abbasia Khilafat in its later period, and the. British empire in our own times developed on this