tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post3413523211719815060..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: RedliningADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-45925921257626026632012-09-13T20:55:08.034-04:002012-09-13T20:55:08.034-04:00Thanks for that corrective, Andrew. Felt myself th...Thanks for that corrective, Andrew. Felt myself that the BBC timeline left lots out. Maybe Persia learned something from that episode: to conquer bequests conquest...ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-37457087283663694072012-09-13T19:10:15.874-04:002012-09-13T19:10:15.874-04:00The Sassanid Persians tried to conquer the Byzanti...The Sassanid Persians tried to conquer the Byzantines in the 7th century AD, spreading the conflict to southern Arabia, Ethiopia, and the steppe lands to the north of Asia Minor. Mutual exhaustion from three decades of war immediately preceding the Arab invasions no doubt sealed their doom, ironically.<br /><br />Good thing the Turks were on Byzantium's side back then, with Persians on one side of the Bosphorus and 80,000 Slavs and Avars on the other in 626...<br /><br />Gets us about a millennium closer than the Achaemenids, anyway. I'm not saying this has any relevance whatsoever to current affairs, but it was an Iranian assault on what was then the heart of Christendom.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450461820984140022noreply@blogger.com