Civilization

A detailed Summary of Civilization

Afghan history before the politically critical period that began in 1973 could be broken into five distinct time periods. Throughout this paper I will discuss the two earlier periods the area now referred to as Afghanistan had no name, the territory lied across the crossroads of many trading routes; silk and iron. Afghanistan's earliest sign of human history are rich in art, architecture, and archeological remains. These two earlier periods are commonly referred to as Pre-Islamic and Islamic.

It was during the Islamic period, 700-1709 that Afghanistan began to assume its temporary form. The country began to appear during the eighteenth century and emerged at the end of the century as a budding empire spreading west and southward.

In Afghanistan around 3000BCE-2000BCE the first true urban centers were founded, Mundigak and Deh Morassi Ghun. Mundigak (modern day Kandahar) had an economic base of wheat, barley, sheep and goat. With this evidence the idea that the original inhibitors of Afghanistan were from the Indus River Civili

In 522 BCE Darius the Great expanded Persian Empire to its peak, where it took most of Afghanistan. The Persian Empire was plagues by constant bitter and bloody tribal revolts from Afghans living in present day Kandahar. In 338 BCE while Greek armies were in a fierce battle with Persia, the Greek king Phillippe is killed and Alexander is crowned king of Macedonian. To avenge his father's death, Alexander prepares to invade Persia and with just three battles in the area of Kurdistan, Alexander succeeds in invading Persia. Within four years he captures Persia. By 330 BCE Alexander had the world's richest crown with riches and wealth of the Persian Empire, which would fuel jis invasion of Afghanistan. In Afghanistan he faced his fiercest battles and grave loss to his army physically, mentally and financially. Many different factions of people took control of Afghanistan, in 50 AD the Greeks were in charge then the Buddhist as is evident in the beautiful tall Buddhist statue, Gia!

In 2000-1500 BCE the Aryan tribes came into Afghanis

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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