Little-Known Empires of History.

[Kingoffrogs]

Hello, all. As history is taught in the western hemisphere from a western-centric POV, many other nations that once existed and where highly influential are often left out of school curricula, both in grade school and higher education. Here are a few notable examples of empires around the world that are not often covered by western school curricula.

Rashidun/Umayyad/Abbasid Caliphates:

The Rashidun caliphate was born after the death of the prophet Muhammad. During the next 140 years, the Rashidun and it's 2 successor Caliphates would expand their territory greatly, conquering Iberia, North Africa, and Persia, most notably. The Islamic rule over these territories helped to spread Islam across the middle east, eventually causing it to become more widely followed than Christianity in areas such as Iberia and The Levant.

The 8th-13th centuries became known as the Islamic golden age, This was a time where the Islamic world made many advancements in technology, economics, and culture, which, eventually, where adopted by the rest of Eurasia.

Mughal Empire: The Mughal empire was Founded in Modern day Afghanistan, but they pushed south and eastwards to conquer almost the entirety of India. By the 17th century, the Mughals where responsible for nearly a quarter of the world's GDP. For most of the empire's history, the Mughals controlled a large portion of the spice trade, until their position as a top dog of the trade was eventually dethroned by the Dutch and British during the 2nd wave of colonialism. (the rest of the middle east followed suit, as well as China later on)

[Lokmar]

I shit on islam.

[Herman]

I shit on islam.

Before Islam shits on all of us.

[JOE]

Rashidun/Umayyad/Abbasid Caliphates:

Thos was said to be an extremely violent period in Islamic history with Muslim murdering Muslim in large numbers.

It created this schism which still exists today & was the beginning of the sunni/Shia division/rivalry