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- The Persian empire ruled from Greece to India from 550 - 330BC
- Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquered the Persians with battles of Issus and Guagamela around 330BC
- The Han dynasty of China, tired of paying tribute, went to war with the nomadic people of the west (Xiongnu) and conquered the land all the way to India around 119BC and formally establishing the Silk Road connecting the east to the west
— Feb 18, 2026 05:02PM
- Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquered the Persians with battles of Issus and Guagamela around 330BC
- The Han dynasty of China, tired of paying tribute, went to war with the nomadic people of the west (Xiongnu) and conquered the land all the way to India around 119BC and formally establishing the Silk Road connecting the east to the west
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- Alexander the Great, Greek, conquered the Persian (Achaemenid) empire 330 BC
- Romans conquered the Greeks around 146 BC
- The western Roman Empire fell to nomadic tribes around 475 AD. Eastern empire (Byzantine) lasted 1453 fell to the Turks
- The new Persian empire (Sassanian) rose up around 224 AD and fell to the Arab forces around 650 AD they were already weak from fighting the Roman’s for hundreds of years
— Mar 05, 2026 08:57AM
- Romans conquered the Greeks around 146 BC
- The western Roman Empire fell to nomadic tribes around 475 AD. Eastern empire (Byzantine) lasted 1453 fell to the Turks
- The new Persian empire (Sassanian) rose up around 224 AD and fell to the Arab forces around 650 AD they were already weak from fighting the Roman’s for hundreds of years
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- the Kushan empire stretched from N India to Central Asia during the first centuries and the kings patronized Buddhism and was helped spread by merchants
- however to the west the Sassanian Persian empire in 224AD persecuted the Buddhists and helped spread Zoroastrianism by replacing building and land with new architecture and suppression of other cultures
— Feb 20, 2026 02:37PM
- however to the west the Sassanian Persian empire in 224AD persecuted the Buddhists and helped spread Zoroastrianism by replacing building and land with new architecture and suppression of other cultures
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- Rome grew and and captured Gaul (France) and amassed a great amount of gold in 52BC. It then conquered Egypt in 30BC and amassed great fortune through taxes. Raising the standard of living citizens of Rome were able to become wealthy and acquired luxuries of the east through trade in India. Arguments over how Rome cherished war and fighting but this new found wealth made them soft. Plays and writers wrote of extravagant luxuries
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- silk was used a payment and it was also a form of contention. Being seen as scandalous for women and too feminine for men to wear in some cities.
