King of Anshan
aprrentice Worlddominator
With my story about the Byzantines “ended”, my mouse hand ached to play Persia, Byzantion’s arch-enemy. (And partially to honour my name):
Rhye’s of Civilization Expanded v1.23
Victory through:
• World domination (100%,100%)
• Culture (50 000,500 000)
• Space Race
• Victory points (1000 000)
Difficulty: Demigod
Civ: Persia
Chapter 1 : Ages of Stone, Bronze and Iron
4000 B.C. Wandering tribes settled in an arid region. Laying east between the distant rivers of the Tigris and the Indus, south of the impregnable Zagros mountains, the land was not well suited to build a civilization. Yet a civilization would be build here. Around 4000 B.C. the tribes called the Elamites settled in the region we now call Persia. There they founded the city of Anshan.
By 3750 B.C. the Elamite civilization had absorbed the people living in the delta of the Two Rivers, making them one of the richest civilization at that time. A hundred years later trade slowly started to commece with the inhabitans of Babylon. At that time it consisted of nothing more than an exchange of greetings. Around the same time the Elamites also came into contact with some of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. These people have influenced greatly as can be seen in the similarities between our Zoroastrian religion and their faith.
By 3400 B.C. the Elamites adopted the use of the so-called Harrapan-masonry style. A hundred years later primitive trade-routes started to develop between the Arab-civilization centered at Mecca and the Ganges-civilization in India. These contacts can be traced back partially thanks to the sudden appearance of the Harrapan-style in Delhi.
Relations between the Elamites and the Mesopotamians slowly soured up after 2750 B.C. Elamite warriors are said to have raided the country-side and deporting large segments of the Mesopotamian population as slaves to Elam. After four centuries of sporadic warfare the Elamites were exhausted. They paid the Babylonians large tributes in exchange for peace. In 2200 B.C. cuneiform was introduced into the land of Elam, it was the earliest writing-system in the world. In merely fifty years the neighbouring civilizations adopted similar writing-systems.
Around 1800 B.C. some Elamite tribes wandered north, expanding the culture along the Zagros mountains. This northern-Elamite culture was centred around the city we now call Agamatanu.
Four hundred years later sporadic trade started to occur between the Hittite civilization in Anatolia and the northern-Elamites. Fifty years later the mass-use of pottery started to commence in the Elamite lands. Knowledge of this was probably imported from Canaan, because the decorations showed a strong resemblance with the Jewish-style. Not much later Greek-motives started to show up on Elamite pottery, indicating possible connection with Greek city-states. Increased knowledge in the preservation of food apparently was used to build a granary in Anshan, as was indicated by C-14 dating grain-cereals. The oldest were dated to +/- 1200 B.C. the oldest poem of the world can be tracked down to around 75 years later. The poem was about the production and storing of grain. Signs of trade around that time indicated the spread of a literature tradition as well as the art of horse riding to the entire middle-east.
The same time saw the Aryan tribes who had slowly penetrated the Iranian plateau taking over the weakened Elamite empire. The Aryan tribes expanded over the course of the following years resulting in the founding of the settlement of Samarra in 710 B.C. Some years later iron-working spread from India to the Aryan nation.
In 570 B.C. a Great Library was finished in the Arab city of Mecca. It clearly showed the supremacy of the Arabians at that time. The Arabians formed 6% of a world population of in total 7 million, doubling the Aryan population. Philosophy developed independently, from Arabia, in the Aryan nation, that by now was called Persia . It quickly spread to the surrounding nations. Persia in return received a copied law book from Babylon and horse riding lessons from some Jewish merchants.
In 150 B.C. the King of Anshan, Darius, subdued people living on the southern banks of the river Indus. Some Aryans settled there and named the city they build in his honour, Dariush-Kabir.
In 30 B.C. Arab Bedouins, intending to settle somewhere, invaded Persia. The King did not like this. The Arabs were the strongest nation in the world and it would be very difficult to challenge them. Yet on the other side they could not be allowed to move through Persia unchallenged. King Cyaxares send a message to the Arab chieftain to rectify this situation. The Chieftain assured him they would leave. But they did not leave. A second messenger send twenty years later came back with his head in a sack. This meant war. King Cyaxares ordered all forces, even the immortals to fight the Arab invaders. For Persia this meant total war.
With the unexpected defeat of the Arab invasion party Persia ushered into a Golden Age.
In 30 A.D. Persian scientists figured out how an aristocratic elite could rule the country. The Idea was spread to other nations in exchange for knowledge of another state form, Monarchy, and the art of mounted combat. Persian aristocrats wanted to depose the king to form up a republic, but the autocratic king rebuffed them as well as the pagan priest in favour of a theocratic monarchy. Also knowledge of elephant-riding and horse-archery were obtained.
By 110 A.D. a thinned out army of immortals approached the walls of Baghdad. They gained only marginal success in the twenty years they spended sieging the city. After a massive attack of Arab swordsmen the immortals were withdrawn to Samarra, to regroup.
In 190 A.D. a massive Persian army consisting of six divisions of immortals backed up by some archers moved to Baghdad again.
Forty years later Persian dominion spread both east and west. East with the settling of Bactria and the founding of the city of Bactra. West with the conquest of Baghdad, losing 1/3 of the Persian army to Arab counterfire.
In 270 A.D. Persian armies marched to Damascus, destroying it twenty years later.
Forty years later more southern Najran was besieged. With one Immortal-division’s name changed to mortal Najran was added to the empire.
In 350, after 360 years of constant warfare, Arabia, the greatest nations the world had ever seen, was defeated. The peace conditions hit Arabia hard. They were forced to surrender all but the city of Mecca and some territory around it. Further they were forced to cede knowledge of mathematics and a legal-system to Persia. The Persian king responsible for this was Cyrus, Cyrus the Great. To him historians have always credited the birth of Persia.
Not much later Cyrus died His two sons Bardiya and Kambyses, started to contend with each other for the Throne. It erupted into a bitter civil war lasting twenty years…
Rhye’s of Civilization Expanded v1.23
Victory through:
• World domination (100%,100%)
• Culture (50 000,500 000)
• Space Race
• Victory points (1000 000)
Difficulty: Demigod
Civ: Persia

Chapter 1 : Ages of Stone, Bronze and Iron
4000 B.C. Wandering tribes settled in an arid region. Laying east between the distant rivers of the Tigris and the Indus, south of the impregnable Zagros mountains, the land was not well suited to build a civilization. Yet a civilization would be build here. Around 4000 B.C. the tribes called the Elamites settled in the region we now call Persia. There they founded the city of Anshan.

By 3750 B.C. the Elamite civilization had absorbed the people living in the delta of the Two Rivers, making them one of the richest civilization at that time. A hundred years later trade slowly started to commece with the inhabitans of Babylon. At that time it consisted of nothing more than an exchange of greetings. Around the same time the Elamites also came into contact with some of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. These people have influenced greatly as can be seen in the similarities between our Zoroastrian religion and their faith.

By 3400 B.C. the Elamites adopted the use of the so-called Harrapan-masonry style. A hundred years later primitive trade-routes started to develop between the Arab-civilization centered at Mecca and the Ganges-civilization in India. These contacts can be traced back partially thanks to the sudden appearance of the Harrapan-style in Delhi.

Relations between the Elamites and the Mesopotamians slowly soured up after 2750 B.C. Elamite warriors are said to have raided the country-side and deporting large segments of the Mesopotamian population as slaves to Elam. After four centuries of sporadic warfare the Elamites were exhausted. They paid the Babylonians large tributes in exchange for peace. In 2200 B.C. cuneiform was introduced into the land of Elam, it was the earliest writing-system in the world. In merely fifty years the neighbouring civilizations adopted similar writing-systems.

Around 1800 B.C. some Elamite tribes wandered north, expanding the culture along the Zagros mountains. This northern-Elamite culture was centred around the city we now call Agamatanu.

Four hundred years later sporadic trade started to occur between the Hittite civilization in Anatolia and the northern-Elamites. Fifty years later the mass-use of pottery started to commence in the Elamite lands. Knowledge of this was probably imported from Canaan, because the decorations showed a strong resemblance with the Jewish-style. Not much later Greek-motives started to show up on Elamite pottery, indicating possible connection with Greek city-states. Increased knowledge in the preservation of food apparently was used to build a granary in Anshan, as was indicated by C-14 dating grain-cereals. The oldest were dated to +/- 1200 B.C. the oldest poem of the world can be tracked down to around 75 years later. The poem was about the production and storing of grain. Signs of trade around that time indicated the spread of a literature tradition as well as the art of horse riding to the entire middle-east.
The same time saw the Aryan tribes who had slowly penetrated the Iranian plateau taking over the weakened Elamite empire. The Aryan tribes expanded over the course of the following years resulting in the founding of the settlement of Samarra in 710 B.C. Some years later iron-working spread from India to the Aryan nation.

In 570 B.C. a Great Library was finished in the Arab city of Mecca. It clearly showed the supremacy of the Arabians at that time. The Arabians formed 6% of a world population of in total 7 million, doubling the Aryan population. Philosophy developed independently, from Arabia, in the Aryan nation, that by now was called Persia . It quickly spread to the surrounding nations. Persia in return received a copied law book from Babylon and horse riding lessons from some Jewish merchants.
In 150 B.C. the King of Anshan, Darius, subdued people living on the southern banks of the river Indus. Some Aryans settled there and named the city they build in his honour, Dariush-Kabir.

In 30 B.C. Arab Bedouins, intending to settle somewhere, invaded Persia. The King did not like this. The Arabs were the strongest nation in the world and it would be very difficult to challenge them. Yet on the other side they could not be allowed to move through Persia unchallenged. King Cyaxares send a message to the Arab chieftain to rectify this situation. The Chieftain assured him they would leave. But they did not leave. A second messenger send twenty years later came back with his head in a sack. This meant war. King Cyaxares ordered all forces, even the immortals to fight the Arab invaders. For Persia this meant total war.

With the unexpected defeat of the Arab invasion party Persia ushered into a Golden Age.
In 30 A.D. Persian scientists figured out how an aristocratic elite could rule the country. The Idea was spread to other nations in exchange for knowledge of another state form, Monarchy, and the art of mounted combat. Persian aristocrats wanted to depose the king to form up a republic, but the autocratic king rebuffed them as well as the pagan priest in favour of a theocratic monarchy. Also knowledge of elephant-riding and horse-archery were obtained.
By 110 A.D. a thinned out army of immortals approached the walls of Baghdad. They gained only marginal success in the twenty years they spended sieging the city. After a massive attack of Arab swordsmen the immortals were withdrawn to Samarra, to regroup.
In 190 A.D. a massive Persian army consisting of six divisions of immortals backed up by some archers moved to Baghdad again.
Forty years later Persian dominion spread both east and west. East with the settling of Bactria and the founding of the city of Bactra. West with the conquest of Baghdad, losing 1/3 of the Persian army to Arab counterfire.

In 270 A.D. Persian armies marched to Damascus, destroying it twenty years later.

Forty years later more southern Najran was besieged. With one Immortal-division’s name changed to mortal Najran was added to the empire.
In 350, after 360 years of constant warfare, Arabia, the greatest nations the world had ever seen, was defeated. The peace conditions hit Arabia hard. They were forced to surrender all but the city of Mecca and some territory around it. Further they were forced to cede knowledge of mathematics and a legal-system to Persia. The Persian king responsible for this was Cyrus, Cyrus the Great. To him historians have always credited the birth of Persia.

Not much later Cyrus died His two sons Bardiya and Kambyses, started to contend with each other for the Throne. It erupted into a bitter civil war lasting twenty years…
