How many miles from east to west in the Persian empire?

The Achaemenid Persian Empire spanned approximately 5,500 kilometers (3,418 miles) from east to west at its greatest extent. It stretched from the Indus Valley in the east to the Balkan Peninsula in the west.

What is the definition of civilization by Samuel P Huntington?

Contrast the lifestyle and cultural accomplishments of early civilizations with nomadic very first Americans?

Dalmatia 1809:Numerical and qualitative backwardness but also heroism...
In April 1809 the French and Austrian empires were once again at war. Austria had lost Dalmatia in 1805 which Napoleon gave to the Kingdom of Italy. The Dalmatian Army under General Auguste Marmont was stationed in Dalmatia. Marmons army had two divisions of infantry and heavily reinforced artill
Glorious Revolution (1688)
The Glorious Revolution took place in England in 1688. It was a movement driven by Parliament and Prince William of Orange against King James IIs protection of the Catholic religion. The Glorious Revolution is considered the end of the Puritan Revolution. Abstract The English lived a period of di
Relics, this sacred trade of the Middle Ages
View of the choir of the Sainte-Chapelle, built in Paris to house the relics collected by Saint Louis in the 13th century • ISTOCK Relics are the remains (from the Latin reliqua ) bodies of Christ or saints. This is not only their remains, but also everything they owned or objects they came into
From Asia Minor the builders of Stonehenge?
A new blow - scientific this time - is coming to make things worse for traditional British pride. The builders of the famous Stonehenge monument, which is the pride of every good Englishman and Briton in general, seem to have come from the coasts of Asia Minor and Anatolia, according to a new geneti