P.S. Persians were "white" by the standards of antiquity, since lightness and darkness are relative terms. When ancient Chinese texts refer to "black" Asians, they do not mean persons of African descent, but dark people's from India, which is also Asia.

Check out the artistic representations and genetic studies regarding their "whiteness": https://www.quora.com/Were-the-Ancient-Persians-black/answer/Steve-Theodore?ch=10&share=77d1aa36&srid=JGAPo

P.S. Persians were "white" by the standards of antiquity, since lightness and darkness are relative terms. When ancient Chinese texts refer to "black" Asians, they do not mean persons of African descent, but dark people's from India, which is also Asia.