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A Golden Age in Islam(Abbasid Caliphate) In the 8th century Middle East, a new  dynasty seized control of one of the  world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today,  the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They oversaw an era of Islamic military  dominance… city-building…  brilliant scholarship, and technological innovation. […]

Tyrant : The Death of Cleitus : by now,many of the Macedonian troops were unhappy with Alexander the tyrant. Most had not seen their homes in years,but their kings seemed bent on Conquest Without End. What was worse, He’d begun to adopt the rituals and dress of their defeated Persian enemy-Customs they viewed as a feminate, And

The Outcome of the battle of Gaugamela : Alexander’s Triumph in Persia As the battle of Gaugamela continues. The Macedonian King entered the great City in Triumph,recognized by Persian officials as it’s new rightful ruler. So too at the city of Susa,where Alexander ceremonially took his seat upon the Royal Throne of Persia. In the

The War of gaugamela Darius Prepares for War of gaugamela with a Diverse Army Darius had decided to war of gaugamela in an open area where his numerical advantage would be more obvious. Additionally, his troops had put in a lot of effort to level and clear the land. To make it suitable for Persian

Son of amun Consolidating Power: Alexander’s Victories in Syria and Egypt : the Battle of Isis was a stunning victory for Alexander and amongst The Spoils of Victory were darius’s wife mother and three children all taken alive and well treated by Alexander with the Persian field Army in Retreat Alexander now turned to subduing the

The Battle of Issus Looms : 18 months had passed since Alexander’s Army crossed the hellespond and invaded the Persian Empire now Alexander LED his man into salicia and was soon poised to cross the nor mountains into Syria but then the main Persian army led by King Darius III himself emerged behind the Greek army

A Close Call: Alexander Under Attack : Alexander calling on his men to show their courage then LED his right wing across the river as they reached the middle of the river the Greeks came under a hail of javelin’s darts and arrows from the Persian line those that made it to the far Bank were

Alexander’s Army: Unleashed Power by the history: in the spring,One of the greatest military campaigns in history began, when Alexander led his army across the Hellespond into Asia Minor in 334 BC, ready to begin his battle against the Persian Empire.Alexander’s Army was about 40,000 strong drawn from all parts of Greece, the Infantry were

The Rise of Alexander the Great : in 334 BC Alexander king of Macedonia began one of the greatest military campaigns in history against the superpower of the age the Persian Empire the 20 years old is brilliant and fearless leadership won him battle after battle and in an astonishing 10-year campaign that took him to

science : The thing that transforms a person’s perspective and aids in his growth and development is knowledge. Ibn Khaldun distinguishes between two categories of sciences: rational sciences and transmitted sciences. Like physics, biology, philosophy, and other sciences we study in school, rational sciences are ones that can evolve and change over time. The sciences of