ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S INVASION OF PERSIA WAS TO " RID THE WORLD OF TYRANNY" IN 336 B.C. THIS WAS PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD. AT THE BATTLE OF ISSUS, THE ARMY'S OF PERSIA WERE DESTROYED, ONE TO SIX. THERE WAS A HELLENIC CULTUAL INFLUENCE IN PERSIA. WHEN THE ISLAMIC FAITH TOOK OVER, THE GREEK TOWNS WERE DISTROYED. THE GREEKS KILLED. BUT THE TRANNY CAME BACK. SO THE CRUSADES, WHEN IN, AFTER BEING PROVOKED BY CENTURIES OF BRUTAL ISLAMIC CONQUEST. NOW THE PEOPLE OF ISLAM ( the radicals ) ARE SAYING THE WEST IS STEPPING ON THEM. THE PEOPLE OF ISLAM HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP FROM THE WEST, AND WOULD NOT BE LIVING IN THE 12TH. CENTURY AND POOR. STILL UNDER
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