Victorious army problem
Now all this is mostly my own ideas, so I could be wrong. But see what you think: Sailors setting sail on a Greek warship I think that one important [...]
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Who was Mithra? Zoroastrian god
Ardashir II becomes the Persian king, in the center, with Mithra and Ahura Mazda by his side (Taq-e Bostan, Iran, 300s AD) (They're trampling on the Roman Empire Julian.) Who [...]
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Who were the Parthians? Iran – West Asian history
Grasslands of Central Asia - the steppe that the Parthians came from Parthians invade Iran Around 300 BC, some new people invaded West Asia from the north. These people were [...]
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The Mediterranean and West Asia
Map of West Asia One common theme in the history of West Asia has been the conflict between land-oriented people and sea-oriented people. Often there is a group of people living in [...]
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Sassanians and the Silk Road – West Asian economy
Coin of the Sassanian king Hormizd V (ca. 593 AD?) The most important part of the Sassanian economy, as in all other states in Late Antiquity, was farming - most people still were farmers, growing [...]
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West Asian economy – Mesopotamia and Iran
Obsidian tools West Asia is located in the middle of the very wide land mass we call Europe and Asia and Africa, and so it has always played an important part [...]
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World history timeline: from Jesus to 400 AD
Roman amphitheater (El Jem, Tunisia) The great empires formed during the last years before Christ continued peacefully through much of this period. In India, the Mauryan Empire collapsed. There was a period of [...]
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Roman empire – ancient Rome
The Roman emperor Augustus As the Romans were conquering the whole Mediterranean, the rich men who were running the government got richer and richer - very very rich. They began fighting each [...]
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Marcus Aurelius – last of the five good Roman emperors
The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, riding on a horse Who was Marcus Aurelius? Marcus Aurelius was the last of the five good emperors. He came to the throne when Antoninus Pius [...]
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Diocletian – Roman emperor – Later Roman Empire
The Roman emperor Diocletian Peace for a while Around 280 AD, the Sassanids gradually stopped attacking the Roman Empire so much. They were having civil wars of their own, and the Huns were attacking them [...]
