Chapter Four Persian Empire Persians first to achieve a complex political organization during the end of the second millennium. Medes played a major role in the destruction of the Assyrians Empire Persians now call themselves Achaemenids because they were ancestors of Achamenes. Cyrus(Kurush) son of a Persian chieftain and median princess‚ united Persian tribes and over threw the median monarch around. Cyrus Redrew the map of the west 550 b.c.e Like most Indo-European people the early inhabitants
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I chose the Byzantine Empire because of their overwhelming culture and wars with Muslims over the years. They were originally part of the Roman Empire until it was divided. Much of their people were Christians‚ who were also Greek-speaking. The Byzantine Empire existed for more than a thousand years. The empire declined in the fifteenth century‚ with the Ottomans conquering much of their land. The display below is in a scene within a casual living room of a family that may have lived in this
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Form the late 18th century into the early 20th century‚ the ottoman Empire continued to retained much of its basic political and economic structures. Although these things were generally recognizable to earlier periods in it’s history‚ the empire was losing territory as frontiers shank. Despite their shrinking of territory‚ many forces within the empire became more and more complex. As well as fighting the familiar imperial wars‚ the leadership was having to deal with internal rebellion as well
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Thousands of years ago‚ in a time of war‚ conquering‚ and empires. One of the greatest and most noteworthy of the empires was ancient Greece. Greece became an empire because of its geography‚ economy‚ and social aspects of its society. Greece developed at an alarming rate because of the area and terrain. Greece developed with only one land border. This let them focus on things other than defense. The surrounding area is all ocean giving them humidity and great fishing. The sea acted as a great source
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quickly turned in to a pathway for the trade of knowledge. Goods were not the only thing traded on the Silk Road though so was disease. The most notable was the Bubonic Plague‚ or in layman’s terms the Black plague. The plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward with the help of the Silk Road. With so many merchants from all over the spread was inevitable. Whether goods were carried from animal or boat the plague was transferred from one man to the next. Anything that reached the Silk
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(940-1212) the first Muslim Turkic state was formed. 8. At that period there were a lot of flourishing cities (Otrar‚ Suzak‚ Sauran‚ Djent and others) with a high level of culture‚ developed trade and handicrafts on the territory of Kazakhstan. 9. The mongol invasion into the Central Asia led by Chingizkhan started at the beginning of the XIII century. 10. In 1218 Chingizkhan conquered Semirechie and started the siege of Otrar‚ which did not surrender to him; after six months of defense Otrar surrendered
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Gupta Empire The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts‚ fabulous literature‚ and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. In 185 B.C.E.‚ the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated. In its place‚ small kingdoms arose throughout India. For nearly 500 years‚ the various states warred with each other. In the northern
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additionally to Europe having the same effect on Asia‚ gradually shaped both cultures. Goods were not the only interactions along the Silk Road. One of the major tragedies in the Eastern Hemisphere was the Bubonic Plague. The Plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward along the Silk Road. The Silk Road had many merchants from all over the continent so the spread of the disease was inevitable. The luxury goods that came from Asia were often carried long distances either by animal or by boat‚
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Spanish Empire The Spanish had little respect for Indian culture. As soon as their boots hit the ground‚ they set about subverting and destroying every aspect of the Indian way of life. The Aztecs attempted to befriend the Spanish explorers‚ but when Hernan Cortez heard his capitol of Vera Cruz had been plundered‚ he capture and killed their leader Montezuma II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to
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years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They had to change their route because a war had began. Nicolo and his brother reached Bukhara where they stayed for three years. Kublai Khan the great Mongol Emperor heard about them and invited them to visit him. So‚ Nicolo and Maffeo crossed the Gobi
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