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The Persian civilization |
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By: Clay Death Date: September 25, 2016, 11:19 pm |
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There was a time when ancient Persian civilization was in fact |
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the most powerful empires in the world.1 Though only in power |
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for a little over 200 years, the Persians conquered lands that |
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covered over 2 million square miles. From the southern portions |
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of Egypt to parts of Greece and then east to parts of India, the |
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Persian Empire was known for its military strength and wise |
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rulers. Now before you even start to contemplate the fact that |
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they created such a vast empire just within a period of 200 |
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years, before 550 BC, Persian (or Persis as it was called back |
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then) used to be divided in factions among a number of leaders. |
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But then came King Cyrus II, who later on came to be known as |
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Cyrus the great, came into power and unified the entire Persian |
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Kingdom. Then he went on to conquer the ancient Babylon. In |
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fact, his conquest is so rapid that by the end of 533 BC, he had |
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already invaded India, far in the east. And even when Cyrus |
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passed away, his bloodline continued the ruthless expansion and |
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even duelled in now legendary battle with the brave Spartans. At |
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its prime, ancient Persia ruled all over central Asia, much of |
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Europe and Egypt. But it all changed when the legendary soldier |
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of Macedon, Alexander the great, brought the whole Persian |
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empire down to its knees and effectively ended the civilization |
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in 530 BC. |
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