To: Cronos; freedom44
The only time Alexander faced an equal enemy was facing King Porus on the Indus vally Not true...
He faced the Persian warrior named Aryo Barzan in west of Iran and the Persian war lord inflicted a lot of damages to the Alexandre troops.
26 posted on
09/12/2004 5:29:48 AM PDT by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot
He faced the Persian warrior named Aryo Barzan in west of Iran and the Persian war lord inflicted a lot of damages to the Alexandre troops.
hmmmm.... I did NOT know that. Thank you for pointing that out, I'll read up on that soon. Thanks!
27 posted on
09/12/2004 5:32:25 AM PDT by
Cronos
(W2K4)
To: F14 Pilot
Soem other interesting historical tidbits!
- 642 AD
- The Arab invasion. The Sassanid emperor Yazdgerd III was defeated by the Arabs at the Battle of Nahravan. Bisotoon, the capital of the Sassanian was destroyed. The palace and library hosting more the 20,000 old books and scripts were set on fire.
- ~800 AD
- Uprising of the Shi'ite movement in Khorasan (Northeastern Iran) by Abu Moslem Khosasany who fought the Arabs and established the first independent Persian state in Khorasan.
- 867 AD
- The birth of the Saffarid dynasty by Yaqub Saffar who was the first leader to unite Persians under the Shi'ite flag.
28 posted on
09/12/2004 5:37:59 AM PDT by
Cronos
(W2K4)
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