The Great Seljuk Empire emerged in the midst of division and chaos in the Islamic world. From migratory people, they transformed into conquerors that gave unity in the Middle East for a time. Some settled in a land they called their home even to this very day – Turkey.
From obscure and mysterious origins, though
they never ruled over a vast land empire nor even united into a single powerful
state, the Phoenicians made a name in history as talented merchants and
navigators.
The
Achaemenid ruled the earliest largest Empire in the ancient world dominating
the Middle East, Anatolia, and Northern Africa from their rise in 559 BCE until
their downfall in 330 BCE.