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- Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
3: ...er of [[Egypt]] ([[323 BC]] - [[283 BC]]) and founder of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]]. In [[305 BC]] he t...
7: ...s]] and the young [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]].
9: ...sfully defended the [[Nile]] and Perdiccas was murdered by two of his subordinates. In the long wars ...
11: ...ge:Ptolemy_I_of_Egypt.jpg|thumb|right|Silver coin depicting '''Ptolemy I''' (r. [[305 BC|305]] - [[283...
13: ... [[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]. The complete loss of Cyprus followed. - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: '''''Ancient Greece''''' is the term used to describe the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]-speaking world ...
4: ...ns use the term more precisely. Some writers include the periods of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]]...
6: ... the Ancient Greek period is the death of [[Alexander the Great]] in [[323 BC]]. The following period ...
10: ...ystems, philosophy, art and architecture of the modern world, particularly during the [[Renaissance]] ...
15: ... died in [[323 BC|323 BC]]. Subsequent events are described in [[History of Hellenistic Greece]]. - Aeschylus (5184 bytes)
2: ...ans]], the others being [[Sophocles]] and [[Euripides]].
5: ...[480 BC]] he fought at the [[Battle of Salamis]]. Salamis was the subject of his play ''[[The Persians]]'',...
9: ... his gravestone was written by himself before his death, and makes no mention of his theatrical renown...
12: ...peak of his bravery, and so will the longhaired Mede who learnt it well".
19: ...rst two parts of the Oresteia end unhappily. Besides the literary merit of his work, Aeschylus' great... - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
1: '''Alexander I''' was ruler of [[Macedon]] from [[495 BC]] to...
3: ... Alexander eventually regained Macedonia's independence after the end of the [[Persian Wars]].
5: ... Games]], an honor reserved only for Greeks. He modeled his court after [[Athens]] and was a patron of...
7: In 450 he was succeeded by his son [[Perdiccas II of Macedon|Perdiccas I...
9: {| align="center" cellpadding="2" border="2" - Antigonus I Monophthalmus (4328 bytes)
1: ...ath. He established the [[Antigonid dynasty]] and declared himself King in [[306 BC]].
5: ...[[Craterus]], and the other generals. Eumenes was defeated and forced to retire to the fortress of Nor...
7: ...lowing which Eumenes was executed at Antigonus' order.
9: ...His son [[Demetrius I Poliorcetes|Demetrius]] was defeated at the [[Battle of Gaza (312 BC)|Battle of ...
11: ...gypt. The [[siege of Rhodes]] lasted a year and ended in [[304 BC]] with a peace treaty. - Amphitheatre (4978 bytes)
10: ...d areas of the Roman Empire. These locations include:
19: * [[Salamis, Cyprus|Salamis]]
24: *[[Chester, England|Deva]]
34: * [[Arelate]] (modern [[Arles]])
36: * [[Lugdunum]] (modern [[Lyon]]) - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ... name, Iran. Some Persian scholars protested this decision because changing the name separated the cou...
4: ...n the south of Iran, called ''[[Fars]]'' in the modern [[Persian language]] and ''Pars'' in [[Middle P...
11: ...9 BC. Eventually the Medes came to rule an independent Median Empire, and the Persians were subject to...
13: ...nt region of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]]. Teispes' descendants branched off into two lines, one line ru...
15: ...r, the king promised not to terrorize Babylon nor destroy its institutions and culture. Cyrus was kill... - Greco-Persian Wars (5983 bytes)
3: ...sia Minor]] (546 BC) left the [[Ionia]]n Greeks under Persian rule, while the other Greeks were free, ...
5: ...ties sacked, although they were permitted to have democratic governments afterwards.
7: ... in the end the Athenians and [[Plataea]]ns alone defeated the Persians in the [[battle of Marathon]].
9: ...ek ships to flank and destroy them. Following the defeat, Xerxes and his fleet retired to Asia, where ...
11: ...eet commanded by the Spartan king [[Leotychides]] destroyed the remaining Persian fleet in the [[battl... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
8: ...acy]]. Around [[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to [[Crete]], center of the [[Mino...
10: ...in a sitting position, and some of the nobility underwent [[mummy|mummification]].
12: ...teracy. Historians have traditionally blamed this decline on an invasion by another wave of Greek peop...
17: The beginnings of the Mycenean decorated pottery on the Greek mainland date to the ...
18: ...rumark 1-333) that is used internationally in the description of Mycenean and Minoan pottery. - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
2: ... [[1876]]. However, subsequent discoveries have made it clear that Mycenae was not its chief center of...
7: ...s was shown to be untrue. The Aegean civilization developed three distinctive features.
11: ...ipt, but an earlier script [[Linear A]] remains undeciphered.
21: ...ater oblongs are entered from a long side and divided longitudinally by pillars.
23: ...ype see [[Crete]]. In spite of many comparisons made with [[Egyptian]], [[Babylonian]] and [[Hittite]]...
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