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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
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- 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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- 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
- during the early 4th century Constantine of Rome converted which really helped spread the adaptation of it. He also claimed to be the protector of Christians even beyond his territory which threatened the Persians and when he died unexpectedly before invading King shah of Persia killed a lot of Christians