HUMAN first, then a proud IRANIAN: Empires fall; eventually!

HUMAN first, then a proud IRANIAN

This blog represents the way I see some of the most significant events impacting the world and its citizens. This blog also represents how I react to the events as a member of humanity with a voice, a determined voice that insists to be heard. The voice of an Iranian who loves his country but his priority is humanity; humanity without border. I will say what I want to say, when I want to say it, and how I want to say it, but I will never lie. I will also listen; I promise.

January 20, 2004

Empires fall; eventually!

Archaeologists have embarked on an epic search for an ancient fleet of Persian ships that was destroyed in a violent storm off Greece in 492 BC. The project is a collaboration between the Canadian Institute of Archaeology and the Greek Archaeological Service. Around 20,000 men were lost in the disaster, which shook Persia at a time when it had its sights on assimilating mainland Greece within its empire. Read it here .

About 2500 years ago and at least 20,000 men in only a few ships. Imagine how hug those ships were and imagine the technology they had for that era.

What happened to that empire? I am sure many Persians at that time would not even imagine the possibility of the fall of such empire but it did fall. Get the picture?