At its height under Darius the Great, the Persian Empire stretched from Europe’s Balkan Peninsula—in parts of what is present day Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine—to the Indus River Valley in northwest India and south to Egypt. The Persians were the first people to establish regular routes of...
Due to its more than 1000 years of history, the Byzantine Empire was one of the longest-lasting empires in the world. Although the “Eastern Roman Empire” used to be the heir of the Ancient Roman Empire, it went through a great evolution and was influenced by the Hellenic culture heavily...
The map of the Ottoman Empireyou see above shows the spread of the empire over time. These conquests took place in the 400 years between 1299 and 1699, during the rise of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire, which reached its peak in the years following the death ofSuleiman the Magnifi...
British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government.
Oman, country occupying the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula at the confluence of the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. Renowned in ancient times for its frankincense and metalworking, Oman occupies a strategically important location, for which it
6 6.4.5 Outline the founding, expansion, and political organization of the Persian Empire. 6 6.4.6 Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, with emphasis on their roles in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. 6 6.4.7 Trace the rise of Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek ...
3. The Euphrates River, the largest river of the Old Testament World, finds its source in the Ararat Mountains, flows west to the Taurus Mountains, then southeastward and finally unites with the Tigris and empties into the Persian Gulf.4. The Orontes River rises in the Lebanon Mountains ...
The story of these day runners is the origin of the marathon race. When Was the Battle of Marathon? The Battle of Marathon occurred in 490 BCE, when the Persian Empire was at its height. As Greek and Persian warriors faced each other on the battlefield, the states of China were not ...
Even before the auspicious sighting of Halley’s Comet in 1066 ushered in a new era in the High Middle Ages, the world was undergoing a period of transformation. In December of 1065, King Ferdinand the Great’s death led to the partition of his Spanish k
Kolkata was the capital of the country during British Rule and was then the second largest city of the British Empire only next to London. Between 1820 and 1930, seeds of nationalism started growing and the nationalist movement reached its height under Indian leadership when people stood against ...