Nanda Empire

Examples of Nanda Empire in the following topics:

• Rise of the Maurya Empire

  • The Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty, and rapidly expanded his power,with Chanakya's help, westward across central and western India.
  • Chanakya swore revenge and vowed to destroy the Nanda Empire.
  • The Nanda Empire originated from the region of Magadha in ancient India during the 4th century BCE, and lasted until between 345-321 BCE.
  • Maurya devised a strategy to invade Pataliputra, the capital of the Nanda Empire.
  • The Maurya Empire when it was first founded by Chandragupta Maurya c. 320 BCE, after conquering the Nanda Empire when he was only about 20 years old.

• Alexander's Empire

  • Taking advantage of this, Chandragupta Maurya (referred to in Greek sources as Sandrokottos), of relatively humble origin, took control of the Punjab, and with that power base proceeded to conquer the Nanda Empire.
  • After the assassination of Perdiccas in 321 BCE, Macedonian unity collapsed, and 40 years of war between "The Successors" (Diadochi) ensued before the Hellenistic world settled into four stable power blocks: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Macedon.

• Maurya Dynasty

  • The Maurya Empire was a powerful Iron Age empire in ancient India ruled by the Maurya Dynasty from 321-185 BCE.
  • Founded by Chandragupta Maurya, who overthrew the previous Nanda Dynasty, by 320 BCE the empire had fully occupied Northwestern India.
  • Historical theories for this include a succession of weak kings and the division of the Empire in two.

• The German Empire

• The Brazilian Empire

• Naming of the Byzantine Empire

  • While the Western Roman Empire fell, the Eastern Roman Empire, now known as the Byzantine Empire, thrived.
  • The Byzantine Empire, sometimes referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, originally founded as Byzantium).
  • Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms created after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire and thought of themselves as Romans.
  • Over time, the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire transformed.
  • Just as the Byzantine Empire represented the political continuation of the Roman Empire, Byzantine art and culture developed directly out of the art of the Roman Empire, which was itself profoundly influenced by ancient Greek art.

• Break from the Seleucid Empire and Rise of the Parthian Empire

  • The Parthian Empire began as a minor revolt against the Seleucid Empire, but became powerful and wealthy because they controlled major trade routes.
  • The Seleucid Empire soon overextended itself.
  • He founded the Parthian Empire in 247 BCE when he conquered the region of Parthia, then a satrapy (province) in rebellion against the Seleucid Empire.
  • The Parthian Empire was also called the Arsacid Empire, after the Arscaid dynasty.
  • The Parthians controlled the major trade routes between the Roman Empire and the Han Empire of China, which became the foundation of Parthia's wealth and power.

• The Holy Roman Empire and the Church

• The Second Empire of France

• Decline of the Ottoman Empire