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Praxus · 01-14-2005, 17:01 PM

All thoose you mentioned are from the Dark Ages. The Ancient (or Classical) period ends with the sack of Rome by the Visa-Goths I believe which happened prior to the founding of Islam.

Furthermore Alexander conquered Greece to the border with modern India and everywhere inbetween before his death. He defeated Persian armies of enourmous size, and brought the largest Empire of the period to it's knees and in fact took it over, in the short span of his military life.

I don't know much about the history of the Islamic world, so I can't comment on how they would compare.

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Praxus *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-26-03 Posts: 3,237	All thoose you mentioned are from the Dark Ages. The Ancient (or Classical) period ends with the sack of Rome by the Visa-Goths I believe which happened prior to the founding of Islam. Furthermore Alexander conquered Greece to the border with modern India and everywhere inbetween before his death. He defeated Persian armies of enourmous size, and brought the largest Empire of the period to it's knees and in fact took it over, in the short span of his military life. I don't know much about the history of the Islamic world, so I can't comment on how they would compare. Last edited by Praxus : 01-14-2005 at 17:06 PM.