Arab history quiz...

[Knight-Dragon]

Persian it is. Cos half of the Arab conquests consisted of lands formerly making up the Persian Sassanid empire. Had the Byzantines and Persians not fought so many wars and wearied themselves over the 2-3 preceding centuries, the Arabs would probably not be so successful. The illiterate Arabs weren't administrators so they got their Persian subjects to do all the bureaucratic work, so eventually Persian came to such importance.

Anyone's welcomed to the next question......

 

[jumbo2002]

I guess I'll jump back into the question asking thing...and, as I tend to do, I'm going to make things "modern" and multipart again:

In the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, an American "backstabbed" Israel. Who was this American, what did he do, why did he do it, and what did Israel threaten to do?

 

[Kublai-Khan]

What´s the meaning of backstabbed?

 

[jumbo2002]

Hehe, ok Kublai.

It means to cheat someone for your advantage.

Hmm...I think the best way to explain is an example from Civ!

Say you are the Romans, and the Greeks ask you to attack the English. You agree to attack the English, and then the Greeks sneak attack you! In this case, the Greeks "backstabbed" you.

 

[ljalbout]

It is my pleasure to join and I look forward to benefit from this club. Thank you.

 

[Adler17]

ljalbout, wellcome here. Have a lot of fun. However this topic is 5 years without new posts. Please open a new thread and do not revive these old zombies. Let them buried at peace. Please read the rules of this forum before posting.
Nevertheless be wellcome.
To the next mod reading this, please close this thread.

Adler

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Ancient thread closed.

Always amusing to read my own ancient posts.