What is your most favorite ancient empire / civilization? Give 5 reasons why

[Aepsilons]

Japanese Empire , 1905

Japanese Empire, 1936

Japanese Empire, 1943

 

[MastanKhan]

In india the scythians are known by the name saka.They for a time established a powerful base in western india ..especially gujarat and indus region.They were satraps under the parthian and kushans.They adopted hinduism and made valuable contributions to indian society such as in coinage,dress and calendar.Trousers were introduced in india by sakas.They were finally overrun by the gupta empire.The greatest saka satrap was mahaksyatrap rudradamana.He is remembered as a great soldier and benevolent man who made several public works such as dams.He repaired several canalas and dams that were originally constructed by chandragupta maurya.

Okay,

The sakas introduced the trousers---thankyou---but which fool introduced the DHOTI / LUNGI

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Okay,

The sakas introduced the trousers---thankyou---but which fool introduced the DHOTI / LUNGI

Dhoti has been in use since vedic times..its the traditional garment.

Lungi is a regional evolution..u can find lungis in regions where due to tropical heat and humidity trousers are uncomfortable like in south india...bangladesh,parts of west bengal,S-E asia like malaysia,indonesia,burma and in parts of southern arabia.(outside subcontinet they are called by diff local names but design is same)

 

[Foot12]

Samudragupta was originally succeeded by ramgupta,the older brother of chandragupta.But he turned out to be a weak and inept king...he led an expedition against the sakas..and managed to get himslef and his whole army surrounded.As ransom the saka king demanded he hand over his wife dhruvadevi,to which he shamefully agreed.This caused an uproar among the gupta nobility,the prince chandragupta disguised himself as a woman..infiltrated the saka camp..killed their leader and rescued dhruvadevi.After this there was a power struggle between ramgupta and chandragupta where chandragupta won and married dhruvadevi.

Chandragupta ,who had been viceroy of the western border under samudragupta and also after this experience was aware of teh saka threat and made extensive preparations to deal with them once and for all.First he conducted matrimonial alliances with the nagas of north india and the vakataks of the deccan to isolate them diplomatically and ensure there was no 2 front war.Then he unleashed the full gupta imperial army on them.The war took many years but eventually sakas were overrun.The conquest of gujarat and the western ports brought the indo roman trade under gupta control and greatly enriched the empire.Ujjain,emerged as a great trade emporium and second capital of the empire.

Bhai which ancient Indian ruler took the epithet "Saka-Yavan-Pahlava nisudhona"??I got this question a couple of days ago in a mock test...

The ancient Indian text Mudraraksasa gives credit to Chandragupta II for the destruction of the barbaric
Scythians and for the protection of India. The text states:

The Self-begotten God did once assume
The fitting body of a mighty Boar
And on his snout did save the troubled Earth
Nurse of all beings, when she was deluged:
Now, terrified by the barbarian hordes,
She has sought shelter in our kings strong arms:
May Chandragupta, our most gracious king,
Whose people prosper and whose kinsmen thrive,
For long continue to protect the land.

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

There are many influential empires throughout human history, each of them leaving a legacy of civilization, cultures or even new races created during territorial conquest.
But for us living today, the British, Spanish and Ottoman empire is the most influential since the majority of the country we are living now are the legacy of their territorial / social-political / religion - cultural conquest and also what left after their downfall.

All of the great empires leaving their legacy in form of beliefs / religion / culture / civilization, etc.
The most unique is the Mongol Empire. They may be left us with nothing in form of ideology, culture, civilization, etc but their biggest legacy is genetic code, the y-chromosome lineage found in many population from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea region.

No wonder the Mongols leave very little or nothing in form of art, culture, etc. After spending a lot of time on the back of their horses, they are too busy hacking limbs, whacking heads, boiling enemy generals and at their spare time, humping,

 

[Reza Ali]

Naree Taqbeer Allah hu Akber

 

[RAMPAGE]

1. The Rashidun Caliphate
2. The Ottoman Caliphate
3. The Caliphate of Córdoba

 

[Aegis DDG]

The Axumites of Ethiopia/Eritrea

Ezana wrote his edicts in Middle Nudian (Maronite), Old (Classical not Byzatine/Modern) Greek and Habasha (Before Amharic language split from Tigary due Cushitic loan words)
This is Negest (Emporer) Ezana Edict over the Conquest of Nubia (N.Sudan)

Fasilides Castle, Africa's Camelot

 

[rmi5]

I am in favor of Azeri empires:
1. Safavid Empire

2. Afshar Empire

3. Qajar Empire