The Persian

After he had recovered, Alexander the Great and his army went north along the Persian Gulf. During this part of the journey home many members of the army died because of illness, injury, and death. Alexander the Great reached Susa in 324 B.C. In a move to retain leadership and gain more soldiers he tried to combine Persian nobles and Macedonians to create a ruling class. To accomplish this he ordered Macedonians to marry Persian princesses. Then he got rid of the Macedonians which made the…

The way of life of the East African beach front locales was emphatically affected by Arab and Persian merchants, a large portion of whom intermarried with Africans, consequently creating the Swahili individuals and culture. Between the ninth and the thirteenth hundreds of years, this Arab-Persian-Swahili populace set up urban areas and city-states along the East African drift. These urban communities and states caught or obtained slaves from the…

by the Caliph in Damascus started ruling Spain, they spread northwards to Gaul where they experienced resistance and halted in a town near Poitiers in 732. The conquest of the Nile to the Atlantic was a great achievement for the Arab empire. The Persian dynasty experienced rebellion from the Roman Empire. Therefore, they engaged in several wars with Romans because they were two great empires with the same strength in war. It was difficult for the two to gain a decisive victory, the fought…

Identify: a) Urdu: Urdu was a new language that was a mix of Hindu, Arabic, and Persian. This language evolved from the cultural blending that was occurring during that time period. b) Sikhism: Sikhism is a religion that is based off of Muslim monotheism as well as Hindu beliefs. Nank, the Indian holy man who created this religion, preached about the unity of God and brotherhood. The text states that Sikhs later clashed with rulers of India by forming military forces. c) Babur:…

The Civilization of the Greeks The first civilization was founded on a large island of Crete. A mountainous peninsula about 45,000 square miles was occupied by the Greeks. Arthur Evans, an English archaeologist, named this civilization Minoan Crete after the legendary king Minos. They had little to no influence from other people because they were so isolated. Around 1450 B.C.E., a catastrophe struck the Minoan civilization that resulted in collapse. It is still uncertain of what the catastrophe…

incident happened in the reign of emperor Toasting from the Tang dynasty. It states that Yazdegerd sent an envoy to the emperor of China after his defeat in the battle of Nahawand. And when the envoy had returned, he asked about what had happened. The Persian messenger retold the dialogue that he had with the Chinese emperor, which included a description of the Arabs’ conditions, and the emperor 's commentary about them and their religion. In this narrative, the emperor of China was depicted…

The Delian league was formed in Delos, between the Aegean city states of the Greeks, and their surrounding Greek city states of the Ionian region in order to strengthen their forces against the Persians (Brand, 2016). The league was successful at the beginning as a result of the contribution and taxes collected by the members of the league, the treasury was rich, and members of the Delian league became the economic super power of the Greeks. Afterwards, there were security concerns with the…

the king could call upon him to provide,” or in this case, the governor of Agra where the family was situated (Russel and Islam, Three Mughal Poets 1). He was of that uniquely forgettable lower nobility that allows various overlords—be they Mughal, Persian, or even British—to become interchangeable with one another insofar as the young Ghalib and his family’s allowance…

Hebrews would never return to the land of Israel, the Second Temple period records significant historical facts that shaped the future of the Jewish people. This discussion will provide a brief history of the Second Temple period, beginning with the Persian period and ending with…

Throughout history there have been many great leaders that did great things for there people. Not many of these great leaders are well represented in today’s society. There are few people who do not know at least a little about Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, but up until a few years ago almost no one knew who King Leonidas of Sparta was and still few people know who Cato the Elder is. Is it fair that these great men, men just as worthy of praise as Caesar and Alexander, are shunned and…