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The Mughals ruled northern India from 1526 – 1857 AD where the Lodhi’s was the last dynasty to rule India. The invasion started all because of India's reputation of being the only known source of diamond mines in the world and it's flushing International trade attracted many invasions. “North Indian kingdoms resisted invasions by Arab and Turks for centuries, but soon small Islamic empires or Sultanate were established in several parts of the north. Before these invasions, Muslim trading…

Africa, which is the region that is now considered Kenya, around 2000 BC. Due to Kenya’s proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, by the first century AD, Arabian traders frequented the Kenyan coast, eventually establishing Arab and Persian colonies. In addition to the Arabs and Persians, during the first century AD, the Bantu and Nilotic people also moved into this specific East African region, settling inland. It was because of these peoples settling down here that the Swahili language was formed,…

The Phoenicians also known as Canaanites were people around 1,500-65 BCE who lived in Phoenicia. Phoenicia was an ancient civilization that held some of the best sailors and a strong army in the time. They actually also made a writing system to help them with trading but, soon after the Greeks actually took from them. Since, they were such good sailors they controlled trade in much of the Mediterranean Sea from 1,100 to 800 and they helped accomplish that by spreading rumors about monsters in…

(Pollard, Elizabeth, and Clifford Rosenberg 2015). Alexander’s crusade lasted eleven years, he conquered the Persian Empire and more. And this was the biggest political change brought about by his invasion. He seized the wealth of the Persians and redistributed it back into the Greek city states. He founded dozens of cities which he names after himself. Shortly after his defeat of the Persian Empire, Alexander passed away. His Empire separated into smaller kingdoms. Mostly run by his top…

Plato once said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” As civilizations became established all throughout the world, the only way for a civilization to thrive and flourish is to follow certain requirements such as having advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and advanced technology. As civilizations began to thrive and populations began to increase, architecture became a necessity. Architecture, the art of designing and constructing buildings has existed…

The effects of infrastructure can be dire to the civilization staying afloat. In Mesopotamia they had a very good prosperous irrigation system created by the Sumerian People, with these Irrigation systems they “ tapped into rivers, built reservoirs, and dug canals, so they could irrigate fields of Barkley, wheat and peas”(Ziegler 26). With these irrigation systems came migrations of different people, such as the Semitic People as they became more prosperous they acquired a government and…

The seven Eurasian empires discussed were the Persian, Spartan, Athenian, Hellenistic, Roman, Mauryan Indian, and Chinese empires. Although all of these empires have influenced societies in recent in times in some manner, one of them still plays a large role even in modern times. The Persian Empire was large and culturally diverse empire. Their acceptance of different cultures and apparent willingness to adopt customs they favored allowed for a rich culture (121). While this empire was grand,…

Between both periods in the periods, Classical era is more revolutionary than the Archaic. While Archaic focuses mostly on peaceful traits, the Classical era was maintaining order during their moment. For instance, the Greeks were still developing stuffs as the others are reaching mandatory purposes. In addition, the Classical era has impacted history for many generations until today. Basically, the Classical era is revolutionary for making constructive progress that lead to a future discovery…

Historical Analysis Herodotus The Histories (excerpts) The Histories is written by Herodotus, a Greek from Halicarnassus, who traveled as a refugee and decided to work on history (Thomas R. Martin page 3). My historical analysis is written about part 2 of this document. This chapter discusses how “barbarians” lived and what beliefs they followed. It discusses what Herodotus learned about from first hand seeing, and from conversations he had with people who lived through these times. The…

Wives of Greek The Athenian historian, political philosopher and general Thucydides said ones, “The greatest glory [for women] is to be least talked about among men, whether in praise or blame”. Most of the sources that survived from the Ancient Greece are written for men for men. According to the historian and novelist Helena P. Schrader, this is because, " There are surviving evidence about work of art featuring women, but just a few of information about their accomplishments and contributes…