The Gupta and Persian civilization were similar in the fact that the fall of the empire was because of internal conflict but‚ they are different in their treatment of women and architectural style. The Gupta Empire treated women in their civilization much harsher than the women in the Persian Civilization. The Gupta and Persian Empires both had very unique architectural styles that represented each Empire’s beliefs. The Gupta Empire flourished between 320 to 550 CE in modern day India. The fall
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ERA: 1450 – 1750 Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire Mughal Empire POLITICAL Leaders/groups Forms of government Empires State building/expansion Political structures Courts/laws Nationalism/nations Revolts/revolutions Turkic group called the Ottomans dominated other nomadic groups Led by Osman Built empire through Asia Minor and parts of Europe Mehmed II conquered the Byzantine Empire Extended the empire into Syria‚ Egypt‚ and North Africa (Arabs) Janissaries helped choose sultans using military
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THE PERSIAN WAR The Persians and the Greeks were at war with each other in the Persian war. It started when the Ionians revolt against the Persians and asked Greek to save them. The wars were Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. The battle of Marathon was the first war. The Greeks won the war against the Persians. In the war the Persians thought they could sneak attack Athens but the Greeks were waiting for them the whole time. The battle of Thermopylae was the second war. The Persians
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played a sig. role in Xerxes’ reign. Themistocles was known as the great Athenian strategist who united the Greekstates & saved Greece. Darius the 1st was the father & predecessor of Xerxes‚ he played the role of being the most influential person to Xerxes & believed Xerxes was the most deserving to become his heir. Herodotus records that the Persians accounted Darius a ‘merchant’ for his great achievements on setting the empire onto a sound financialfooting. Persians & foreigners also called
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fourteenth century‚ in modern-day Turkey‚ there was an empire called the Ottoman Empire. They were a small army in the beginning of their journey. They wanted to rid of the very strong empire known as the Byzantine Empire. The first leader that the Ottomans had was Osman. He was the creator and founder of the Ottomans. In the beginning of their war‚ they were stronger than most any other armies because they had a powerful short bow that other armies did not have. In the 1300’s they had captured their first
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Xerxes lived from 520 to 465BC. He was the grandson of Cyrus and son of Darius. Xerxes was put into succession according to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus‚ as Xerxes was the first son of Darius’s wife Atossa. Xerxes father Darius 1 died in 486BC‚ and this is where Xerxes took over for his father and became king. Xerxes continued his father strategy of consolidating and tightening control of the empire‚ particularly in Egypt‚ Babylon and Asiatic Greece. Xerxes felt he needed to invade Greece
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Introduction: The Jews enjoyed complete freedom and had a very liberal situation in Rome and the Roman Empire during the early period of BC. In spite of them enjoying freedom there still had to suffer a certain amount of restrictions. Racism on Jews was predominant during that era and was also prevalent during the reign of Augustus Caesar which eventually led to the destruction of Jerusalem. [The Legend of Augustus] As early as 6 AD‚ there was the annexation of Judea which meant the nation of
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leader of the mughals was Babur and Akbar the great.All the others were inefficient.The empire started gradually detoriating after Akbar’s death.His immediate sucessor the infactuated Jahangir was only interested in being on the throne.He handed the goverment to the persians who did not introduce any new reforms or tried to improve the military power.Coming from a humble lineage not a royal family the Persians were more interested in swindling the imperial treasury and retaining power rather than
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Ancient Beginnings The Byzantine Empire during most of its history was one of the most influential empires in the Mediterranean. However‚ to find out how everything started‚ we need to go back to 657 BC‚ when the Greeks founded the colony of Byzantium or Byzantion along the European side of the Bosphorus Strait‚ which would become Constantinople (now Istanbul)‚ the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This land would later be incorporated into the Roman Empire. In 330 AD‚ Roman Emperor‚ Constantine the
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The Ottoman Empire reached its top supremacy during the 16th century wherein its scope of power stretched to parts of Central and Southeastern Europe and to the desserts of the Middle East. The empire is known to have established a very strong‚ organized and effective form of government over its people with the Sultan holding the highest in power and was considered as the supreme ruler. The Sultan also ruled the lands and provinces of the empire and over its government officials and executed decisions
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