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    The Persian Empire

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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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    gunpowder empires

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    Soon after gunpowder’s total potential was discover. The Chinese then invented the cannon. Three major empires saw the power of these cannon and began to create and experiment with this new technology. As known technology advanced so did cannon building and other small arms. This allowed the empires that invested in this technology to strengthen and spread out and conquer more lands. As these empires expanded they began to intrude on European cities. Naturally Europeans didn’t appreciate the intrusion

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    The Mughul Empire

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    HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE Babur in Kabul: 1504-1525 Babur‚ founder of the Moghul dynasty in India‚ is one of history’s more endearing conquerors. In his youth he is one among many impoverished princes‚ all descended from Timur‚ who fight among themselves for possession of some small part of the great man’s fragmented empire. Babur even captures Samarkand itself on three separate occasions‚ each for only a few months. The first time he achieves this he is only fourteen. What distinguishes

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    Persian Empire

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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 Byzantine Empire

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    The Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire‚ the survivor of the Roman empire‚ flourished into the oldest and longest lasting empire in our history. It began with Constantine the Great’s triumph of Christianity. He then transferred his capital from Rome to the refounded Byzantium in the early 4th century‚ year 330 AD‚ and named it Constantinople after himself. This city became the surviving safe spot after the breakup of the Western Roman empire by the 5th century. It was by far the largest

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    Ottoman Empire

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    Caitlin Yilmaz Mr. Tunstead Social Studies Period 1 H 4 March 2013 The Ottoman Empire During the Middle Ages‚ the Pope‚ Pope Urban‚ called for a crusade at the Council of Clermont. Urban claimed that the goal was to reclaim the Holy Land‚ but the real reason behind the Crusades was not for God‚ but for power. The Pope wanted to extend his power over the Byzantine Empire. The first few Crusades were about reclaiming the Holy Land‚ but when the fourth Crusade came‚ the religious ideals were shed in

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    The Mughal Empire

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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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    vertical and horizontal egress travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure to a public way.” The codes treat means of egress as a comprehensive “system” of components (Brannigan & Corbett‚ 2008). A meаns of egress has three independent and different segments: the exit access‚ the exit‚ and the exit discharge. The exit access is the part of the means of egress system that leads from a main portion of a building or structure to an exit. It includes halls‚ corridors‚ aisles‚ and other

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    The Byzantine Empire

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    The Byzantine Empire‚ in western Asia and southeastern Europe‚ expanded into eastern Europe. The Byzantine Empire‚ with territory in the Balkans‚ the Middle East‚ and the eastern Mediterranean‚ maintained very high levels of political‚ economic‚ and cultural life between 500 and 1450 C.E. The empire continued many Roman patterns and spread its Orthodox Christian civilization through most of eastern Europe‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ and Russia. Catholic Christianity‚ without an imperial center‚ spread in

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    The Holy Roman Empire Xiao H. Feng(Amy) Prof. Mary A. O’Donnell November 26‚ 2007 HIS 1000C (3:35-4:30) Page 01 The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire‚ whose legal and political structure had deteriorated during the 5th and 6th centuries and had been replaced by independent kingdoms ruled by Germanic nobles. The Roman imperial office had been vacant after Romulus Augustulus was deposed in ad 476. But‚ during the turbulent early Middle Ages

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