The Mayan empire was a pre-Columbian civilization located in Central America near the Mexico - Guatemala border. These geniuses lived about 500 -600 years B.Sc. They developed technology that rivaled the masterminds of that era in the Eurasian continent. There is evidence that leads to running water‚ sewer systems and the concept of 0 which did not come to existence in the old world hundreds of years later. This empire was all about religion‚ their gods‚ and human sacrifice. Since there was an
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The Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian subcontinent between 1526 and 1857. It consolidated the Islam culture in South Asia and in result it spread the arts of the Muslim culture and its faith. The Mughal ruling class included the Muslims despite most of the subjects in the empire being Hindu. Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur was the founder of the empire. Under his rule the dynasty remained unstable‚ and was eventually exiled
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The Persian Empire was a vast empire; it stretched from Egypt to Turkey past Mesopotamia to the Indus River. It was located in what is now Iran. Around the fifth century B.C.E. it had become the largest empire on Earth. Although the Persian Empire did well‚ due to some poor emperors decisions‚ it disappeared just as fast as it appeared. There were a lot of nomadic tribes that did not have a police force or law makers. But some tribes would collect different tribes all under one leadership. “The
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The Ottoman Empire joined World War I in search to save themselves and avoid risk of destruction‚ but the exact opposite happened to them causing their ultimate downfall. The Ottoman Empire began in the year 1299. The empire stood for about 600 years and was established by Turkish tribes in Anatolia‚ Turkey. The name “Ottoman” came from the founding Turkman chief‚ Osman the first. Osman founded the dynasty and the empire around the year 1300. Overtime‚ the Ottoman Empire would continue to progress
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Peru is best known as the heart of the Inca empire‚ but it was home to many diverse indigenous cultures long before the Incas arrived. Although there is evidence of human habitation in Peru as long ago as the eighth millennium BC ‚ there is little evidence of organized village life until about 2500 BC. It was at about this time that climatic changes in the coastal regions prompted Peru’s early inhabitants to move toward the more fertile interior river valleys. For the next 1500 years‚ Peruvian civilization
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Roman Empire and Mongolian Empire The key to the Mongolian success lied in their excellent horsemanship‚ their use of the composite bow‚ their unimaginable discipline and communication on the battlefield and also their ability to adapt to enemy tactics. The Mongolian invasion of China often makes it sound as though these nomadic people did not have much of a battle plan‚ however it is the exact opposite according to (Conant‚ 1994) “Genghis Khan was a very cautious man‚ and would study the towns
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PERSIAN EMPIRE Similar to the Roman Empire the Persian Empire stretched across vast lands without any serious rivalry. At the height of the empire it stretched across‚ not only‚ Asia‚ from the Aegean to the Indus River‚ but also included part of the continent of Africa. We get the word‚ Persia‚ from the Greek word Parsa meaning‚ “Above reproach”. The Persians unlike most other Empires would be ruled under a benevolent ruler. This would bring a large amount of cultural diffusion to the Empire. The
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I am here today to talk to you about the Persian Empire. One of the reasons I chose this topic is that I am Persian myself. Another reason for me choosing this topic is that there is a large Persian community in Lower Mainland. Moving along‚ Persian Empire was founded around 548 BC. It was the first largest empire stretching from Atlantic Ocean‚ Morocco‚ to Indus River‚ India. The Persian Empire is most famous for its tolerance over other religions and races and the first people to write the Charter
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the outside world‚ bringing about the assimilation of other cultures. In each territory‚ the Mongols commenced their campaign by sending ambassadors to demand that the capital city surrender. If their subjects accepted‚ they were offered protection from their enemies and allowed to conserve their ruling family and religion‚ as long as they agreed to pay a tribute of all wealth and goods. (Weatherford 146) Since the Mongols knew well enough that they were financially dependent on the people they conquered
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Retrenchment and recovery: AD 1402 - 1481 The Ottoman domain shrinks drastically after Bayazid’s defeat and capture by Timur in 1402. The many small emirs of Turkey reassert their independence‚ as do the Balkan states. The three sons of Bayazid are left with only the family’s central territories round the southern and western sides of the sea of Marmara. They fight each other in a civil war which is won by the youngest‚ Mehmed I‚ in 1413. From this unpromising position‚ the son and grandson
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