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Something to do with either Genghis Khan or Tehran?
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Cheezy the Wiz
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No, we are before Genghis Khan, and the location is not Tehran.
Also, a reminder (not directed at you) that the answer is an event, performed by the person in Clue 1, which happened at the location in Clue 2.
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This isn't something pertaining to the founding of Zoroastrianism is it? I feel like that must be far too early.
Cheezy the Wiz
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No no. Genghis Khan was closer to the time period.
I think if you can figure out who the person is, then the event will become far easier.
Optical
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The person might be Tamerlane, I suppose.
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Not if we're before Genghis Khan it's not. I'm guessing it's related to Islam (again, conversions?), just because I think that multicolored symbol in part two is Islamic in some way.
I thought that too, but Tamerlane was after Genghis Khan.
Since the cross in pic #1, this should probably be someone who destroyed the Persian empire (the empire formerly known as Persian) rather than someone who created it.
Is the black rectangle one picture in clue #2, or is it supposed to be thought as an upper part of the black and white area?
Since the cross in pic #1, this should probably be someone who destroyed the Persian empire (the empire formerly known as Persian) rather than someone who created it.
Is the black rectangle one picture in clue #2, or is it supposed to be thought as an upper part of the black and white area?
Gen.Mannerheim
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Is the event the Battle of Nahāvand (642) and the person Sa'd?
Person is Tughril, but I don't know which event. I'd guess the city map is Baghdad, but the highlighted bit of Persia is nowhere near Baghdad. So I'll guess it's the Seljuks taking Baghdad.
Aha, wiki provides the answer. When the Tughril & the Seljuks conquered Baghdad, that was it for the Buyid dynasty. The Buyid dynasty originally came from Daylam/Gilan, which turns out to be the highlighted Iranian province.
Aha, wiki provides the answer. When the Tughril & the Seljuks conquered Baghdad, that was it for the Buyid dynasty. The Buyid dynasty originally came from Daylam/Gilan, which turns out to be the highlighted Iranian province.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
You rounded that up in one fell swoop! The event is indeed Tughril's capture/liberation of Baghdad in 1055 AD. There seems to be some debate about whether or not he was "invited" or "commissioned" to liberate the city from the Buyids by Caliph Al-Qa'im or not, but what is certain is that when he came down from Syria, he took the city and returned it to Abbasid control, and thereafter the Abbasid Caliphate was nominally independent, but in reality was in suzerainty to his new Saljuq Empire.
The floor is yours. I will simply take the time to explain the remaining parts of the clue.
The symbol in question is names of the twelve Imams of the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. Their names are arranged in the shape of the name Ali, the founder of the Shia faith, and thus also the First Imam. This clue was included to highlight that this involved the Buyids, who came from Daylam, and were Twelver Shiites.
The empire in question was indeed ended, but it was the Ghaznavid Empire. The picture below it is of the battle of Dandanaqan, where Tughril finally bested Mahmoud of Ghazni and won most of his Western provinces.
It is the Black Flag of the Abbasids. I apologize if that was unclear with regards to the shape and emptiness of other parts of the picture.
open floor, as I've got nothing, and won't get a chance to make anything up for a couple of days.
poom3619
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This forum really make me realize I practically know nothing about history just because I know what they teach in 12th grade since I am young. It is good realization anyway.
I'm after something to which these are connected, although the connection may partly be far fetched:
Spoiler :
So we have Plato's Timaeus, two cherubs (probably) from Michelangelo's famous painting in the Sistine Chapel (though they remind me more of Leonardo's skill with faces), a statue I don't recognise but may well be a country's particular spin on Nike (Greek goddess of victory) and some pop stars (who I automatically have no clue about).
sydhe
King of Kongs
The cherubs are from Raphael's Sistine Madonna.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Putti, not cherubim.
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