The Greatest Islamic Empire By S. Franklin Islamic History The three major empires in Islamic history were the Ottoman Empire‚ the Safavid Empire‚ and the Mughal Empire. The Mughals claimed legitimacy by their ancestor‚ Tamer-the-Lame. Mughals were fairly tolerant of non-Muslims‚ as the majority of the common people in their empire were Hindus. This empire occupied most of modern day India‚ Nepal‚ and Pakistan. The Safavids controlled most of modern day Afghanistan‚ Iran‚ Turkmenistan
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The Pax Romana was a two hundred year time period where the Romans had peace and prosperity under Augustus. The Roman empire started to decline at the end of the prevail of the last five emperors‚ Marcus Aurelius in 161-180 A.D. The rulers in the next century had no idea how to deal with the problems the empire was having. There was many reasons to the fall of the Roman Empire but three stood out the most. The preliminary reason was the economy begins to decline. The alternative reasoning was Rome
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The Fall of the Roman Empire The Ancient Roman empire was one of the most prominent and successful societies of its time period. By the end of their reign‚ the Romans had conquered almost all of the Mediterranean including parts of present day Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa. Rome was at its strongest during the rule of Augustus Caesar‚ this time was known as the “Pax Romana” or Roman peace. It wasn’t until later‚ when Emperor Trajan took over in about 98 C.E. that the Empire reached its peak. After
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Charlene Melecio Art Appreciation 120 Sharon R. Zelevas June 25‚ 2011 Art of The Roman Empire Roman Art is a representational of their civilization‚ sophistication in sculpting‚ and of their very famous empire and their emperors. Although the Roman ’s improved sculpting many of their ideas came from the earlier Greek civilization that perfected the human anatomy. Romans used the foundation the Greeks had accomplished years before to improve sculpting and use it as a way to
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Alex Verreault 10/31/2011 35463_1124 The Fall of the Roman Empire The beginning of the Roman Empire came about when Julius Caesar was assassinated by nearly 40 Roman senators in the Theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March‚ March 15th 44BC. This assassination led to civil war almost immediately and ultimately led to the heir of the Roman Empire‚ Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus‚ who essentially declared himself as Emperor; and unified with Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in a military dictatorship
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2/19/13 The Origins of the Persian Empire * Basically the rise of the Persian can be accredited to one man: Cyrus the Great. * He was a very powerful king who had the idea of expanding the Persian kingdom by conquering all the land around him. * He ended up creating one of the biggest empires that lasted over two hundred years. * He’s impact on the Persian Empire allowed other emperors after him such as Darius to continue expanding the empire. * First he took control of Media
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Why the Roman Republic Decayed and Became the Roman Empire The rise and subsequent fall of the city of Rome was a significant historical event‚ characterized by the dramatic decline of the republic‚ to her transformation into an empire. Originally a small provincial town‚ Rome rose to prominence and produced astounding strengths‚ which was then lost when Rome became incapable of defending its governing structures of the republic. It is the purpose of this study to highlight these events
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change‚ gave rise to a new type of political ruling‚ empires which are groups of different ethnic groups or states under the control of a single ruling power. The two prime examples of these new empires and ways in which political ruling changed are the Assyrian and the Persian Empires‚ both viewed as political models as well as models of the effective use of ideology. The Zhou Dynasty‚ although not politically centered enough to be considered an empire‚ also mastered the efficient and effective working
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The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were considered the two most powerful empires that ruled their respective parts of the world in the Ancient Era. The Roman Empire dominated the Mediterranean Basin and the Han Dynasty east and central Asia. The Roman Empire shares a combination of internal and external problems subsidizing the fall in the western portion. The Roman Empire parallels the Han Dynasty in the internal pressures each empire has faced and the epidemic effect on trade routes and
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HISTORY OF MUGHALS EMPIRE This historical era of this empire was stared in 1504 where Babur‚ a brave guy fight with full of courage to get some part of the fragile and destroyed empire. Babur had fight all out to get some place or land in the destroyed empire. He fight with many other guy who thirst for victory. In only three times of the seizure‚ Babur was able to take over Samarkand. When he recorded the new world victory‚ he was only fourteen. It was out of the mind of the citizen on that particular
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