The Babylonian Empire was a Middle Eastern state that controlled the geographic region known as Mesopotamia, coinciding with modern-day Iraq, that originated from the ancient city of Babylon. The name of the city is believed by scholars to derive from the Akkadian bak-il or bav-ilim meaning ...
Empire of Contingency: How Portugal Entered the Indo-Persian WorldJorge Flores
The Persian Empire was a set of Middle Eastern dynasties that ruled over the area encompassing Iraq and Iran. It was known for its Zoroastrian religion, fertile farmland, and golden treasures, as well as legendary leaders like Cyrus the Great. ...
From 1792 to 1815, when near-constant wars consumed much of Europe, British naval blockades forced mainland Europe to look for an alternative to cane sugar. The eventual solution was sugar beets, and since this period, Europe has gotten much of its sugar from beets. Today sugar beets ar...
With the Greek mainland subdued under Macedonian rule, Philip turned his well-oiled army East toward the Persian Empire, a far greater prize. But soon after crossing the Hellespont into Persian territory, Philip was assassinated, making young Alexander the new king and commander-in-chief of the...
How long did the Egyptian empire last? How long did the Greek empire last? Read on to find the answers and learn about the lifespan of 55 civilizations! How Long Does a Civilization Last? Recently, I was talking with a colleague at work, and I mentioned that civilizations usually only ...
What is interesting is that this sort of technique works pretty well. On a fast-enough computer, thealgorithmcan look far enough ahead to play a very good game. If you add in learning techniques that modify the evaluation function based on past games, the machine can even improve over time...
I grew up resenting the object of my father’s addiction. An inescapable presence in our Ohio home, Rumi was the annoying elder who forever tested the limits of my Persian hospitality, challenging my limited Farsi with his antiquated medieval verse and dismissing my American hunger for brevity ...
from the Middle East, and although they did not come from the same time period, they have a ton of similarities. These two leaders are: Cyrus the Great of the Persian Empire and Caliph Umar of the Muslim faith. Although for their times both Caliph Umar and Cyrus the…show more content...
Egypt — became hugely popular. Essentially a novel based on his life, it was translated into languages including Arabic and Persian —“every language in the world,” according to Pierre Briant, professor emeritus at the Collège de France, “The Achaemenid empire and Alexander’s empire” ...