Answer;
-The Mongols
-Herodotus
-Persian empire, which became the model for
pretty much all land-based empires throughout the world. Except for the Mongols.
Much of what we know about the Persians and their empire comes from an outsider writing about them and one of the first true historians was Herodotus, whose famous book The Persian Wars talks about the Persians quite a bit. Now the fact that Herodotus was a Greek is important because it introduces us to the idea of historical bias.
One of the most significant conquests in history happened in the early 7th century in the deep interior of the Arabian Peninsula.
The introduction of a new religion, the Islam, by the Prophet Mohammed united numerous Arab tribes. With their new found religious fervor, Arab armies marched forth to spread the word of Islam.
What most accurately describes the rise of the Arab Empire is that:
A) The Arab Empire started in Arabia and soon conquered Syria, Persia, northwestern India, northern Africa, and Spain.
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