Herodotus the Greek historian wrote about Queen Tomyris, from eastern Iran, whose tribe resisted Cyrus's plans for empire. When she heard that he was building bridges in her territory so his troops could move through it quickly, she asked him to stop. "Rule your own people, and try to ...
1,220 Polish Jews, 860 of whom children, arrived at the British Palestine after traveling through Russia, Iran, and India. They had to travel to Palestine by sea via India due to Iraq's refusal to allow the group to enter its borders.ww2dbase[CPC] ...
It is a region southwest of Iran on the coast of the Arabian Gulf, and its people hate Iran and demand either joining Iraq or secession as an independent republic. Their flag is red at the top, white in the middle, black at the bottom, and in the middle there is a circle...
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Shah a title of the former monarch of Iran. Czar From Latin caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505). Polis A city-state in ancient Greece. Oligarchy A government ruled by a few powerful people Ostacism exclusio...
Prime Minister of Iran Western educated Overthrown by US CIA Accused of being Communist The Suez Crisis July 26, 1956, Nasser (leader of Egypt) nationalized the Suez Canal, Oct. 29, British, French and Israeli forces attacked Egypt. UN forced British to withdraw; made it clear Britain was ...
intact today, most notably in Iran and Armenia where they were highly common. Silk Road Cities Samarkand: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia, Samarkand is located in what is now known as Uzbekistan. Samarkand rose to prominence due to its positioning along the Silk...
After experimenting with a lighter, buddy-comedy vibe in the Bad Company spin-offs, DICE amped up the grandeur with Battlefield 3, a multiple perspective tale of abducted nuclear weapons set partly in Iran (the bestselling instalment until DICE's journey into WW1 with Battlefield 1). The ...
Cronkite: "Where was your husband during the Invasion of Iran?" Consuelo: "Yes, he had been spending the last month or so flying a route that went from Kuwait, to Ras Al-Khaimah, to Gwadar; surveying the coast of Persia and providing intel to the British and French. He flew alongside...
• New leaders added to the protectorates in the WW2 scenario. • New flags added to Eurasia. • New official names for most countries. • New scenarios, such as: - Fallout: Sino-American war; - The Dawn of a New Era (WW3 scenario); ...