... and adapted to their culture. In 800 B.C., they learned how to make tools out of iron. By 500 B.C., they developed a written language, called Sanskrit. Priests used Sanskrit to record their sacred texts. In the Middle East, around 500 B.C., the Persian Empire came to existence. Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered a wide sweep of territory from Asia Minor to India including what ... . They also excelled in the practical arts of building, perfecting their engineering skills as they built roads, bridges, and harbors throughout the empire. Engineers built aqueducts, which are bridge like sto...

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