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人类的故事_房龙(-EUROPEANS) 第(1/1)页

THEINDO-EUROPEANPERSIANSCONQUERTHESEMITICANDTHEEGYPTIANWORLD

-Europeanrace, becauseitconquerednotonlyEuropebutalsomadeitselftherulingclassinthecountrywhichisnowknownasBritishIndia.

TheseIndo-EuropeanswerewhitemenliketheSemitesbuttheyspokeadifferentlanguagewhichisregardedasthecommonancestorofallEuropeantongueswiththeexceptionofHungarianandFinnishandtheBasquedialectsofNorthernSpain.

Whenwefirsthearofthem, .

THESTORYOFAWORD

(orZoroaster) whowastheirgreatteachermanyofthemhadlefttheirmountainhomestofollowtheswiftlyflowingIndusriveronitswaytothesea.

OthershadpreferredtostayamongthehillsofwesternAsiaandtheretheyhadfoundedthehalfindependentcommunitiesoftheMedesandthePersians, , theMedeshadestablishedakingdomoftheirowncalledMedia, butthisperishedwhenCyrus, thechiefofaclanknownastheAnshan, madehimselfkingofallthePersiantribesandstarteduponacareerofconquestwhichsoonmadehimandhischildrentheundisputedmastersofthewholeofwesternAsiaandofEgypt.

Indeed, withsuchenergydidtheseIndo-EuropeanPersianspushtheirtriumphantcampaignsinthewestthattheysoonfoundthemselvesinseriousdifficultieswithcertainotherIndo-EuropeantribeswhichcenturiesbeforehadmovedintoEuropeandhadtakenpossessionoftheGreekpeninsulaandtheislandsoftheAegeanSea.

THEINDO-EUROPEANSANDTHEIRNEIGHBOURS

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, theGreeksailorsinvariablyforcedtheAsiaticrulerstoreturntotheirbase.

ItwasthefirstencounterbetweenAsia, theancientteacher, andEurope, .


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