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Who coined word term India which was 20th division of the Persian empire?
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Who coined the term India which was the twentieth division of the Persian Empire?
The Greek historian Herodotos of Halicarnassos used the term after the name of the Indus River. He was copying the earlier Old Persian and Sanskrit words.
Who coined word term India which was 20th province of the Persian Empire?
DariusThe Persians called it so after the Indus River. which was their take on the local word Sindhu.
How long was India part of the Persian Empire?
Northwestern India (today's Pakistan) was included in the Persian Empire in 521 BCE. By 331 BCE the Persian Empire ceased to exist after it's defeat by Alexander the Great, who continued on to India and made a failed attempt to take over India.
Which empire is most important Mauryan Gupta or Persian?
The Persian Empire was important to Western Asia, the Mauryan Empire was important to India.
What did Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire resulted in?
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire created an empire reaching from Egypt to India.
Who coined the term India which was the twentieth division of the Persian Empire?
The Greek historian Herodotos of Halicarnassos used the term after the name of the Indus River. He was copying the earlier Old Persian and Sanskrit words.
Who coined word term India which was 20th province of the Persian Empire?
DariusThe Persians called it so after the Indus River. which was their take on the local word Sindhu.
How long was India part of the Persian Empire?
Northwestern India (today's Pakistan) was included in the Persian Empire in 521 BCE. By 331 BCE the Persian Empire ceased to exist after it's defeat by Alexander the Great, who continued on to India and made a failed attempt to take over India.
Which empire is most important Mauryan Gupta or Persian?
The Persian Empire was important to Western Asia, the Mauryan Empire was important to India.
How long was India under the Persian Empire?
Only the western portion of India - west from the Indus (todays Pakistan) - was part of the Persian Empire - from 522 BCE. The Persian Empire disintegrated after its occupation by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
What did Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire resulted in?
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire created an empire reaching from Egypt to India.
Who brought the Persian Empire to India?
King Darius I extended the Persian Empire into today's Pakistan (west of the Indus River).
Which way was the Mughal Empire a foreign influence on India?
The empire had Turkish and Persian influences.
In which way was the Mughal Empire a foreign influence on India?
The empire had Turkish and Persian influences.
Was India in the Persian empire?
No. The easternmost province was today's Pakistan.
What current countries altogether formed the Persian Empire?
babylon palestine india and egypt
What empire stretched from the mediterranean sea to India and allowed conquered people to be relatively independent from the empire?
It was Achaemenic Empire, one of the various Persian empires which existed in antiquity.
