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What if the Persian Empire of King Xerxes had conquered Greece?
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Posted on 04/07/2011 5:34:56 AM PDT by Cronos

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With Greece a Persian province what would have happened next? Forward into the Balkans and be met by Eastern Europe's barbaric tribes. It is likely on the evidence of the Romans occupation of that area that the Persians would struggle so far away from their own lands to subdue the Balkan and Italian areas even with the support of its Macedonian allies. But their incursion into this area of Europe would have stopped the formation of the Roman Empire as we know it, The Germanic tribes may have spread further and the migration of the peoples of the Steppes( Maygars etc) would have ended up displaced from the true history...

If the Persians had won we may never have heard or felt the greatness of Julius Augustus Caesar, the shape of Western Europe would be very different and Christianity may not have existed as we know it. Would all of Europe be living a religion still worshiping a sky God or would it be a religion based on the Persian belief structure

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I don't agree with the conclusions drawn by the author, but I like the question! In my opinion, he's wrong, the Roman Empire would have arisen nonetheless as Persia would have difficulties crossing the Balkan mountains and the huge European forest. Persia was a far more benevolent Empire than is portrayed in 300 or in this article. The Roman Empire would have expanded further north, perhaps along the Baltic sea coast imho

This would have led to a quicker show down between the two, but could have resulted in a central force to whack down Mohammed (speculation, speculation, speculation...)

1 posted on 04/07/2011 5:35:03 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

There would have been no Peloponesian War.


2 posted on 04/07/2011 5:38:48 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Buy me a Land Shark and take me to Anguilla.)
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To: Tax-chick

The US would be speaking Norwegian.


3 posted on 04/07/2011 5:42:01 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

And you wouldn’t be able to get a good cheese danish in Atlanta at any price.


4 posted on 04/07/2011 5:43:30 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Buy me a Land Shark and take me to Anguilla.)
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To: Cronos

Jesus Christ would still have been born, Christianity would still have flourished and the Vatican would be in Tehran rather than Rome.

JMO...


5 posted on 04/07/2011 5:43:39 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Cronos

I read a fun book that asked a bunch of questions such as this. I think this particular question was in the second volume. Real good reading if you like this sort of thing.

http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Foremost-Military-Historians/dp/0425176428


6 posted on 04/07/2011 5:43:43 AM PDT by Huck (Mitch Daniels is my choice among the potentials, which of course means he has no chance.)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


7 posted on 04/07/2011 5:43:48 AM PDT by Perdogg (What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
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To: Cronos

The author loses some credibility when s/he conflates Julius with Augustus Caesar.


8 posted on 04/07/2011 5:44:26 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Buy me a Land Shark and take me to Anguilla.)
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To: Tax-chick

hmm... yeah.


9 posted on 04/07/2011 5:46:36 AM PDT by Cronos (OPC teaches covenant succession - their kids are saved regardless whether they are Christian or not)
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To: Paladin2

Nah ;)


10 posted on 04/07/2011 5:47:04 AM PDT by Cronos (OPC teaches covenant succession - their kids are saved regardless whether they are Christian or not)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

More likely Persepolis. Tehran is new. I once went to Persepolis — it is still awe-inspiring.


11 posted on 04/07/2011 5:47:42 AM PDT by Cronos (OPC teaches covenant succession - their kids are saved regardless whether they are Christian or not)
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To: Huck; odds; no-to-illegals

Thank you for that link, the book looks interesting.


12 posted on 04/07/2011 5:49:09 AM PDT by Cronos (OPC teaches covenant succession - their kids are saved regardless whether they are Christian or not)
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To: Cronos
I once went to Persepolis ...

Oh, that's not fair.

13 posted on 04/07/2011 5:50:30 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Buy me a Land Shark and take me to Anguilla.)
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To: Cronos
This is just a blog site isn't it? He can't hit the shift key to capitalize the I so I wonder as to his abilities.
14 posted on 04/07/2011 5:52:09 AM PDT by mountainlion (America land of the free because of the Brave.)
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To: Tax-chick

She lost credibility with me with her early praise of “300”.
Her overall grasp of historical chronology seems rather weak.


15 posted on 04/07/2011 5:52:56 AM PDT by bagman
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To: Cronos

We’d have no olympics....or Greek weddings.


16 posted on 04/07/2011 5:54:52 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Our technology has surpassed our humanity........AE)
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To: Tax-chick
Actually, he's right, the first Emperor who we call Augustus took the name Gaius Julius Caesar when he was adopted by Gaius Julius Caesar (our "julius Caesar") in 44 BC and then when he took the office of Princep took the name Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus . Augustus' birth name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus, his mother Atia was our Julius Caesar's niece.
17 posted on 04/07/2011 5:55:31 AM PDT by Cronos (OPC teaches covenant succession - their kids are saved regardless whether they are Christian or not)
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To: bagman

I haven’t seen “300,” although my daughter said it had amusing violence. I just can’t get into the semi-animation thing. I think it looks totally fake.

We have “300 Spartans,” from the 70s, on DVD.


18 posted on 04/07/2011 5:56:37 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Buy me a Land Shark and take me to Anguilla.)
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To: Tax-chick

I know :) But it’s a lovely city. though — you can get a good idea of how grand it was if you visit the British Museum in London which has these huge gateways and cuts from the palace walls.


19 posted on 04/07/2011 5:56:48 AM PDT by Cronos (OPC teaches covenant succession - their kids are saved regardless whether they are Christian or not)
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Would all of Europe be living a religion still worshiping a sky God

The Persian empire didn't care about the religion of the conquered. Cyrus the Great was the one who freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon. With a weaker Roman Empire, or at least one with serious competition, the spread of Christianity throughout Europe by preaching would have still flourished, but forcing it on the Germanic tribes by the sword probably wouldn't have happened. For all we know, some later ruler of the Persian Empire may have converted to Christianity too.

Here's the question I'd like opinions on: Would there be any Islam? IMHO, a powerful Persian Empire would have stopped the spread of Islam cold. It would be a religion few cared about except the sand rats.

20 posted on 04/07/2011 5:57:14 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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