What is happening in Middle East in 500BCE

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The history of the Middle East over the past 500 years or so has been one of the imperial powers following one another in succession: first the Assyrians, then the Babylonians and Medes, and now the Persian empire, the largest state in the history of the Ancient World.The conquest of this huge empire was the achievement of the Persian...

Pre-Islamic history of the Middle East

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What is happening in Arabia in 500BCE

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The peninsula is home to Arab nomads, living a life which would be recognizable to modern Bedouin. The exception to this is in the south, with its settled kingdoms and cities. These well-organized states, the most notable of which is the kingdom of Saba, are home to a civilization which is dependent upon large-scale...