The Persian Empire 550
BC – 334 BC was large and short-lived. Its wealth came from its trade between
Europe and Asia. It became too expensive to maintain and it was ended by the
Greeks and the Romans.
Islam continues to
spread wherever it can and its wars of expansion continue today. Non-Muslims
are given the chance to “convert or die”.
Muslim Expansion began
under Muhammed from 622 AD to 632 AD and encompassed the Arab Pennensula. It
continued under the Rashidun califs from 632 AD to 661 AD and the Ymayyad
califs from 661 AD to 750 AD and included present day Saudi Arabia, Egypt,
Iraq, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan Spain and North Africa.
Muslims began to
migrate to Asia and Southeast Asia in 674 AD and had expanded significantly by
1200 AD
Crusades 1096-1291 AD
– In 1095 Pope Urban II called for the crusades to secure Jerusalem. Salidin, the Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria
captured Jefusalem in 1187.
The Muslim Ottoman
Empire was formed in 1299 in Turkey and occupied Greece, Eastern Europe,
Western Asia, Southern Russia, Egypt and Tripoli in North Africa until their
defeat in the Balkin Wars in 1913.
At the start
of World War I, the Ottoman
Empire was already in decline. The Ottoman Turks entered the war in 1914 on the
side of the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and were
defeated in 1918.
Under a treaty
agreement, most Ottoman territories were divided between Britain, France,
Greece and Russia.
The Ottoman empire
officially ended in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated.
Turkey was declared a republic in 1923.
Muslims continued to
battle with Christian European countries.
In 1453 Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks and in 1492, Spain
removed the Muslim Moors from Spain.
Although Europeans had
stopped Muslims from invading with armies, the invasion by migration has
continued and so does the battle between Muslims and Christians.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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