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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
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- 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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- 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.
