Summary of Tamim Ansary's Destiny Disrupted

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The Mediterranean was the center of world history for ship traffic. But if you look at overland traffic, the Grand Central Station of the world was the intersection of roads and routes connecting the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, the Iranian highlands, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. This eventually became the Islamic world.

#2 The Middle World is the area between the Mediterranean world and the Chinese world. It was a intercommunicating zone, and as a result, it developed somewhat distinct narratives of world history.

#3 The area where you now find Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan was the eastern edge of the world defined by sea-lanes, and the western edge of the world defined by land routes. This was the eastern edge of the Middle World, which had Mesopotamia and Persia as its core.

#4 The first civilizations emerged along the banks of various big slow-moving rivers subject to annual floods. The most dynamic petri dish of early human culture was that fertile wedge of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which is modern-day Iraq.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669355656

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Insights on Tamim Ansary's Destiny Disrupted

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Mediterranean was the center of world history for ship traffic. But if you look at overland traffic, the Grand Central Station of the world was the intersection of roads and routes connecting the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, the Iranian highlands, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. This eventually became the Islamic world.

#2

The Middle World is the area between the Mediterranean world and the Chinese world. It was a intercommunicating zone, and as a result, it developed somewhat distinct narratives of world history.

#3

The area where you now find Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan was the eastern edge of the world defined by sea-lanes, and the western edge of the world defined by land routes. This was the eastern edge of the Middle World, which had Mesopotamia and Persia as its core.

#4

The first civilizations emerged along the banks of various big slow-moving rivers subject to annual floods. The most dynamic petri dish of early human culture was that fertile wedge of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which is modern-day Iraq.

#5

The Amorites were the first people to establish a kingdom in Babylon, and they were the ones who built the famous city of Babylon. The Babylonians gave way to the Assyrians, who ruled from the even bigger and grander city of Nineveh. Their empire stretched from Iraq to Egypt.

#6

The Persian Empire was the first to use a many-people-under-one-big-tent strategy to control their vast realm. They allowed all the different constituent people to live their own lives according to their own folkways and mores, under the rule of their own leaders, as long as they paid their taxes and submitted to a few of the emperor’s mandates and demands.

#7

The Persian Empire was ruled by Darius, who brought the empire to its peak. The empire was tolerant of religion, and Zoroastrianism was the main religion. People were free to choose good or evil, and every choice had a significant impact on the universe’s outcome.

#8

The Persians, who were Zoroastrians, broke into the Mediterranean world and made a brief, big splash in Western history. They were thought by others to possess miraculous powers.

#9

The impact of Alexander’s eleven years in Asia faded. The Persian Empire was reestablished, and the Parthians, a nomadic tribe that had fought Rome to a standstill, became its rulers. They were very little interested in art and culture.

#10

The Parthians were a Iranian people who controlled the Middle East from about 220 BCE to about 650 CE. They protected and promoted trade, and caravans moved freely within their borders. The Parthians had little social intercourse with the Romans, except for fighting.

#11

The Roman Empire was falling apart, and in 293, Diocletian split the empire in two parts for administrative purposes. The eastern part, centered in Constantinople, continued to hang on, while the western part fell into ruin.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

During the late sixth century, several cities flourished along the Arabian coast. The Arabians received