A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 6
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The History of the Persian Empire
The population of this great Persian empire was not a population of Persians. The Greeks in Europe it is true. Italy, Carthage, Sicily, and the Spanish Phoenician settlements were not under the Persian peace. Only people who gave any serious trouble were the old parent hordes of Nordic peoples. In South Russia and Central Asia, the Scythians raided the northern and northeastern borders.
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