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	The Aryan Migration - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)© (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The description of such battles has nowadays ceased to be historical and factual and has become fable.
		The first symptom of such immigration and the changes that these new tribes effected in Iran was the appearance of dark gray earthenware which did not exist in these regions before their arrival.
		Eventually in a battle with Assurbanipal in the year 645 B.C. the Ilamite king was defeated and his country and Susa, his capital, were captured and plundered by the Assyrian army.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/History/prehistory/aryan_movement.htm (1578 words)

	List of battles 1401-1800 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Tannenberg) on July 15 Polish and Lithuanian army under Wladislaus II of Poland break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen
		1547 Battle of Mühlberg April 24 HRE Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg in the Schmalkaldic War.
		1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort June 2 Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_battles_1401-1800 (4346 words)

	Chronological Timeline
		627 Unsuccessful siege of Medina by the Quraysh (the, Battle of the Trench," al-Khandaq.
		640-42 Conquest of Persia (640 Khuzistan; 641 decisive battle of Nihavand in the Zagros).
		1040 Battle of Dandanqan: the Seljuqs Toghril and Chaghri overcome Mas'ud of Ghazna.
	www.princeton.edu /~batke/itl/chron.html (6732 words)

	Alexander Changes the World
		He was perhaps foolhardy about his own safety but not toward the safety of his troops, and because of his care and tactics his casualties would be lighter than those of his enemies.
		He attacked the enemy's flank, compelling the enemy to rearrange his forces, and he took advantage of the enemy's confusion and imbalance.
		Alexander hoped to advance to the Ganges River and make it his eastern border, but after a march of a hundred miles his troops refused to go farther east.
	fsmitha.com /h1/ch11.htm (6144 words)

	Alexander Changes the World
		Moreover, among kings he was exceptional: he could plan like a master chess player, and in battle he was bold and quick in seeing sudden shifts in advantages and disadvantages.
		He was perhaps foolhardy about his own safety but not toward the safety of his troops, and because of his care and tactics his casualties would be lighter than those of his enemies.
		By the Hydaspes River, Alexander's army of 16,000 confronted the force of the rival king - an army of 34,200 men, with elephants, chariots and cavalry and archers.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch11.htm (6128 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Nadir Shah
		Nadir defeated the Afghans in the Battle of Damghan, 1729.
		He continued on to India, defeating the great Mughal army of Mohammad Shah at the Battle of Karnal, February 24 1739.
		Beginning on March 20, 1739, Nadir had Delhi plundered, in the process massacring 30000 of its people.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Nadir_Shah (480 words)

	Morgan. Shah Isma'il I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nevertheless Isma'l chose to accept battle at Chaldiran, an encounter which was to have permanent consequences both for the future of the Safawid empire and for the political geography of the Middle East down to the present day.
		Before the battle of Sharur, Shams al-Din Zakariya Kujuji, a Persian who was wazir to the Aq-Qoyunlu, had arrived at Isma'il's camp to reveal the parlous state of confusion that prevailed at the Turkmen court and to encourage Isma'il to attack.
		He received his reward by being appointed to the same post in the new Safawid government, and men of his origin and training proceeded to staff the main administrative- as distinct from military- offices (though the distinction was in practice by no means absolute).
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst373/readings/morgan.html (4601 words)

	Nadir Shah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When in 1719 the Afghans invaded Persia, Nadir supported the Safavid ruler Tahmasp II in deference of whom he had named himself Tahmasp Qoli (Slave of Tahmasp) with a force of 5,000 soldiers against the Afghan usurper Mahmud Ghilzay.
		He defeated the great Mughal army of Mohammad Shah at the Battle of Karnal, February 24, 1739.
		After victory, Nadir captured Mohammad Shah and entered with him in Delhi where Nadir had Delhi plundered, in the process massacring 30,000 of its people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nadir_Shah (984 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		* 1402 July 28 Battle of Angora or Battle of Ankara Timur Lenk defeats and captures Ottoman Empire Ottoman sultan Bayezid I in Anatolia * 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury * 1406 Cluain Immorrais.
		* 1420 Battle of Vitkov Hill * 1420 Battle of Vysehrad * 1421 Battle of Bauge.
		* 1711 Battle of Quebec (1711) Battle of Quebec - British attack during Queen Anne's War * 1719 Battle of Glen Shiel June 10 * 1729 Battle of Damghan - Nadir Shah defeats the Afghans.
	www.mauspfeil.net /List_of%20battles%201401-1800.html (905 words)

	Quiz: Name That Scene [Archive] - Armchair General Forums
		When Lee saw that the battle was not going in their favor, he rode to the front and was going to lead them himself.
		That's the one - Fort Moultrie - the Battle of..
		The Battle of the Navas de Tolosa, was one of the most important battles in the Iberia.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-28971.html (5149 words)

	Histroy of Iran
		The earlier use of stucco facings on the outer walls, as well as on the inside (to conceal the inferiority of the building material) was discontinued, although it reappeared later.
		Seljuk minaret of the mosque at Damghan, Iran.
		The decorative effect achieved by the use of recessed bricks, forming highly original rhythms and geometric patterns, is characteristic of this 11th century Persian art.
	www.farhangsara.com /history_turkish_salj_arts.htm (1139 words)

	Bibliography Page 61
		The results indicate stable orientation of settlement toward the Damghan river and alluvial fan, a lack of development of the maximal extent of land and water resources and a lack of evidence for intensification or extensive investment in productive facilities.
		Contraction of settlement and movement away from major routes and major land and water resources is present in Damghan and elsewhere in northeast Iran in the 6th - 7th centuries AD, a pattern seen in central Asia during the fourth and fifth centuries AD.
		These trends suggest that Damghan and northeast Iran played a changing role in a transitional zone between Near Eastern and central Asian polities between 250 BC and AD 642, reflecting the transformation of early empires of the ancient world into developed empires of the middle ages.
	www.parthia.com /webreport_61.htm (1421 words)

	Firuzabad -- A Sassanian Palace or Fire Temple?
		Having succeeded his father in the capacity of priest-king, master of the whole province of Pârs and Kirmân, he had a princely palace built at Gur (present-day Firuzabad).
		After this battle, which took place in 224 AD, Gur was called Ardeshir-Khurra "Glory of Ardeshir." In 226AD, Ardeshir entered Ctesiphon, the southern capital of the Parthian Empire.
		The Sassanian style iwan is usually constructed between two halls as supporting elements of the iwan hall.
	www.vohuman.org /SlideShow/Firuzabad/Firuzabad00.htm (981 words)

	SalamIran, Tourism, History of Iran
		Cyrus' defeat was recorded in Xenophon's Anabasis, and although the importance of Cyrus' revolt may be exaggerated it cannot be denied that there were signs of decay in the empire.
		The battle of Issus followed in 333, and in 331 the battle of Gaugamela brought an end to the Achaemenian Empire.
		The Parthians' capital was the city of A Hundred Gates near Damghan, afterwards Rey near Tehran, and later on Hamadan, and in winter Ctesiphon near Baghdad.
	www.salamiran.org /CT/history.html (7287 words)

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		He began his campaign with a small number of followers [no more than 7000 Qizilbash] and indeed, until he gave battle to the Ottomans, he won all his battles with inferior numbers.
		It joined battle crying "there is no God but God and Isma'il in his friend".
		Shah Isma'il I died in 1524, never to lead an army into battle, he live the rest of his years drinking and womanizing with little or no interest in the affairs of the state.
	bss.sfsu.edu /behrooz/Safavid.htm (2945 words)

	History of Iran: The Aryan Movement
		Thus the Iranian fabulous epics such as the Shahnameh refer to such battles as wars between the Iranians and the divs.
		Also the wars that were fought between the Iranians and the Sogdians northeast of the country and around the Caspian Sea is also known as war with Turanians.
		Meanwhile since the Ilamite kingdom had been weakened and destroyed as a result of repeated wars with the Chaldians and Assyrians, the Assyrians were further emboldened.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/articles/aryan_movement.php (1456 words)

	Parthians, A History Of
		The empire was governed by a small Parthian aristocracy, which successfully made use of the social organizations established by the Seleucids and which tolerated the development of vassal kingdoms.
		After this battle Mesopotamia was regained by the Parthians, but, apart from the ravaging of Syria (51 BC), the threatened Parthian attack on the Roman Empire never materialized.
		A battle took place between him and Artabanus V in 224; the Parthian was killed, and the throne of Iran passed into the hands of the Sasanids, a new national dynasty, originally from Fars, cradle of the Achaemenids.
	history-world.org /parthians.htm (3949 words)

	PERSIA - LoveToKnow Article on PERSIA
		Foremost among them is the myth relating the battle of a sungod (Ind. Trita, generally replaced by Indra, Iran.
		Many new charactersSiyawush, Rustam, andc.have swelled the original list: among them is King Gushtasp (Vishtaspa), the patron of Zoroaster, who was known from the poems of the prophet and is placed at the close of the legendary age.
		The old gods and mythical figures reappear as heroes and kings, and their battles are fought no longer in heaven but upon earth, where they are localized for the most part in the east of Iran.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PERSIA.htm (19171 words)

	List of battles 1401-1800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Battle of Tannenberg/Zalgiris) July 15 Poles and Belarusians, and Lithuanians defeat Teutonic Knights
		1514 Battle of Orsha September 8 Belarusians (Litvins) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the mighty Muscovy (Russian) army.
		One of the biggest battle of the century in Europe.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-battles-1401-1800.htm (4170 words)

	Notebook
		But the complex narratives of Egyptian and Assyrian wall reliefs were replaced by a limited, repetitive range: the king enters his palace, gives audience, sits enthroned, is attended by servants or fights a monster; two beasts battle, or endless files of the vanquished bring tribute.
		This reduced content, and a different positioning, show clearly that relief has been deprived of its old informative purpose and is being used in the applied arts tradition, as decoration.
		Ptolemy kept Egypt; the Macedoniain monarchy was confined to Greece, while Seleucus, having ceded the south Afghan and Punjab territories to an Indian prince of the rising Maurya dynasty, Chandragupta, now held an unwieldy empire that stretched from Anatolia and Syria to central Asia and Afghanistan [cf.
	www.noteaccess.com /APPROACHES/Parthian.htm (3561 words)

	Science Fair Projects - List of battles 1401-1800
		List of battles - List of battles before AD 601 - List of battles 601-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-2000 - List of battles 2001-2100
		1429 Battle of Orléans English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury with Duke of Bedford besiege French city and are driven off with the loss of their siege engines by Joan.
		1429 Battle of Patay The English flush a stag and Joan runs down all the English archers capturing the leaders; Earl of Shrewsbury (Talbot) and Fastolff
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/List_of_battles_1401-1800 (4367 words)

	Fortune's Stroke: Chapter One
		He had captured the Kushans the previous summer, at what had come to be called the battle of Anatha.
		And once they concluded, from close scrutiny, that Belisarius was as shrewd and capable a commander as they had ever encountered, they decided to negotiate a new status.
		The battle where they took the Caspian Gates was bloody and bitter.
	jiltanith.thefifthimperium.com /Collections/FortunesStrokeChapters/FortunesStroke_01.htm (1820 words)

	Learning Chinese with Sinostudy - Sinostudy Chinese language schools in Kunming and Dali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Battle of Tannenberg/Zalgiris) July 15 Poles and Belarusians, and Lithuanians defeat Teutonic Knights 1415 Battle of Agincourt October 25 English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under Charles d'Albert 1415 Battle of Ceuta captured by the Portuguese on August 14 1418 Siege of Rouen July 31 ?
		1420 Battle of Vitkov Hill 1420 Battle of Vysehrad 1421 Battle of Bauge.
		1461 Battle of Towton 29 March Edward IV of England defeats Lancastrian forces 1462 Battle of Swiecino/Schwetzin or Battle of Zarnowiec.
	www.dalilanguagecollege.org /chinese-15/chinesischlernen31 (746 words)

	The Assassins: 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		After his death in 632 CE Islam was ruled in succession by four Orthodox Caliphs, the last of whom was Ali, the Prophet's cousin and Fatima's husband.
		Ali found himself embroiled in bitter struggles concerning the succession and eventually he was murdered at the door of the mosque in Kufa; not long after this his son Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet, was killed in a battle in which he was enormously outnumbered.
		The castellan got wind of this and pretended to be sympathetic to Ismailism in order to lull the enemy's suspicions, but when he decided to act it was too late.
	ismaili.net /hasanisabba.html (5862 words)

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		But he unloosed the lasso, which the warriors of Persia used so skilfully in those times and flung it over one of the battle ments instead, and thus he was ableto pull himself up to the top of the wall.
		The Egyptians were defeated in a great battle at Pelu- sium, the gate to their country, and Psammetticus, the king of this unhappy people, was cruelly slain, after Cambyses entered the capital.
		The great naval battle of Lade, to which the Greeks led three hundred and fifty-three galleys, was decided so de cisively in his favor, that he was able to place at his feet all the revolted Greek states of the western coast and isles of Asia Minor.
	fax.libs.uga.edu /text/per.txt (6010 words)

	Nadir Shah Article, NadirShah Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Later, Nadirdeposed Tahmpas II and placed his infant son Abbas III on the trone, declered himself as regent in 1732.
		Nadir defeated Afgans in Battle of Damghan, 1729.
		He continued on to India, defeating agreat Mughal army of Mohammad Shah in Battle of Karnal, February 24, 1739.
	www.anoca.org /he/persia/nadir_shah.html (359 words)

	wiki/Nader Shah Definition / wiki/Nader Shah Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		November 5 - Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham but James II of England was prevented from meeting him in battle because many of his officers and men were deserting to the other side.
		A French expedition led by Pierre Louis Maupertuis is sent by King Louis XV to Lapland to measure the length of a degree of the meridian, and proves that the Earth is flattened at the poles Real...
		[click for more] at the Battle of KarnalThe Battle of Karnal was the February 29, 1739 war between Nadir Shah and the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah....
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Nader_Shah (1945 words)

	Safavid dynasty
		The Ottomans pushed further and on August 23, 1514 managed to engage the Safavids in the Battle of Chaldiran, west of Tabriz.
		The Afghans rode roughshod over their conquered territory for a dozen years but were prevented from making further gains by Nadir Shah, a former slave who had risen to military leadership within the Afshar tribe in Khorasan, a vassal state of the Safavids.
		Nadir Shah defeated the Afghans in the Battle of Damghan, 1729.
	www.radiofreeithaca.net /search/Safavid_dynasty (3554 words)

	Fischer Family Home Page - HISTORY OF MANKIND
		This one of the decisive battles in history.
		22, Damghan, Iran: 200,000 were killed in one of the deadliest earthquakes on record.
		William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) conquered England at the Battle of Hastings.
	users.1st.net /fischer/MANHST05.HTM (1352 words)

	The ten-horned beast: Alexander the Great. (10) The end of Persia
		Alexander had already claimed the title after the battle of Issus, had taken the Persian royal harem (above), had stressed that he descended from Perseus, the legendary ancestor of the Persian kings (above), had been recognized as 'king of the world' in
		It is interesting to note that he had stayed at Ecbatana during the winter, because this proves that he still hoped to be reinforced, could liberate Assyria and Babylonia and cut off the Macedonian lines of supply while Alexander lingered in Persepolis.
		In fact, during their march to Ecbatana, at Gabae, the Macedonians received word that Darius would indeed receive troops and was prepared to offer battle, but it seems that the new soldiers arrived too late.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander10.html (2209 words)

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