REEL HISTORY: Germany’s Rapunzel and Disney’s Tangled are actually based on a story first told a thousand years earlier in Kabul. Meet Rudāba of Kabul, from Ferdowsi’s Shahnama. The dark-haired princess who let down her hair for love long before Europe ever dreamed of fairy tales. #disney #history #kabul #german #germany #italian #Petrosinella #rapunzel #tangled #persian #shahnama #shahnameh #ferdowsi #literature #persianhistory #afghanistan #ancienthistory #story #stories #storytime #princess #fairytale #fairytales