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History of Qubari - Part 1: Ancient History Qubari is home to one of the oldest civilizations on the world. The famous ruins at Zekra have been dated to around 5000 BCE, although virtually nothing is known of this civilization. One of the most amazing facets of these ruins is the beautiful but terrible carvings which appear to depict ancient religious ceremonies involving ritualistic sacrifice, dismemberment, torture and worse. Egyptian records from the First Dynasty tell of the Pharoah Djer sending a great expedition across the sea to fight a war against the "Khubabs". Some historians believe this refers to Qubari, but it is unclear why the early Egyptian kingdom would mount an uncharacteristic overseas invasion at tremendous expense. The first definite written record of Qubari are in a codex to the Indica written by Arrian, who was one of the main ancient historians of Alexander the Great. According to the legend, when Alexander's admiral Nearchus sailed from Hydaspes in India to the Persian Gulf, three ships were separated from the main body of the fleet in a storm. These ships landed in a previously unknown city, which the Greeks refer to as Mazekos, and helped the local people defeat an army of "ravenous ghouls" led by an evil magician. After their victory, the Greeks became honored guests and were rewarded with many gifts and treasures, but nevertheless left the city when they became homesick for Macedonia. Although, the sailors' story was no doubt embellished before being written down, there does appear to be some truth in it, as a number of Macedonian artifacts which date from the time of Alexander have been found in archaeological digs in the old city of Marzouk. Further contacts with the West occurred during the Roman period. Pliny the Elder mentions a trading expedition sent to Qubari during the the reign of Vespasian. Qubari traders are also known to have visited the court of Parthamaspates, the Roman puppet king of Parthia in the second century. Contact with Rome appears to have been lost after the rise of the Sassanid Persian Empire in the 3rd century. Little is known of Qubari history from this period, except that Sassanid king Shapur II entered an alliance with Chandragupta of the Gupta empire, and together they made a combined attack on the Qubari homeland.
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