History of the Greek-Persian Wars: Interactive Map and Timeline

Re:History of the Greek-Persian Wars: Interactive Map and Ti... by AtlasBarfed on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:27AM (#32365086)

Well yeah, but the power structure of Darius and Xerxes who were pursuing these invasions was utterly destroyed by Alexander.

But yes, eventually the Caliphate was invading Europe using cannons to reduce formerly state of the art castles 1000 years later.

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Re:History of the Greek-Persian Wars: Interactive Map and Ti... by geraneum on Saturday August 06, 2022 @02:06AM (#32365363)

I think you are missing out a good few hundred years. Caliphate were not Persians (Indo-European).

The tribes I was talking about were Parthians [1] and Sassanids [2]. These are long before Islam and Muslim invasion of Iran and they were once part of Achaemenid empire.

I don’t know what you exactly mean by power structure but the form of government (i.e. Central government and Satraps) were adopted by and outlived the Macedonians.

You can get more information here (or simply Wikipedia):

1. https://www.worldhistory.org/Parthia_(Empire)/

2. https://www.worldhistory.org/Sasanian_Empire/

edit: fix typo

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Re:History of the Greek-Persian Wars: Interactive Map and Ti... by nonoumasy on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:28AM (#32365101)

Do you mean the Ottomans?

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