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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ...eyond dispute at least since the time of [[Pietro della Valle]].
8: ...nd one of those at ''Nakshi Rustam'' is expressly declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Dari...
12: ... would then belong to [[Artaxerxes II]] and [[Artaxerxes III]]. The unfinished one is perhaps that of [[Ar...
18: ...he city until it was taken and plundered by Alexander the Great.
20: ...es of having been destroyed by fire. The locality described by Diodorus after [[Cleitarchus]] correspo... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...ersia|Xerxes I]] or [[Artaxerxes II of Persia|Artaxerxes II]]), and heroine of the Biblical [[Book of Esth...
5: ...name ''Esther'' is most likely related to the [[Medes|Median]] word for myrtle, ''astra'' and the [[Pe...
7: ...ad advised. In addition [[God]]'s workings are hidden in the events of the Book of Esther even though ...
9: ...[Ashtoreth]]. The names may nevertheless be coincidentally related, as the [[Semitic languages|Semitic...
12: ...min|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some office in the household of th... - 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]]. - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
3: ...m]], ([[1925]]-[[1965]]), US Black Nationalist leader
12: *[[Xerxes I]], ([[486 BC|486]]- [[465 BC]]), [[History of P...
13: *[[Xerxes II]], ([[424 BC|424]] - [[423 BC]]), Persian king... - 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" - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...erTheGreat_Bust.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian ...
6: ...ady during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in...
9: ...[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature a...
11: ...racles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Ac... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...nslation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ'', the term first used by [[Germany|German...
5: ...deas may have travelled the whole way, ancient trade was probably conducted over sections of the route...
11: ...al exchange]]s among widely separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] ma...
13: ...respassing on agricultural lands. This presented ideal conditions for [[merchant]]s, mounted [[warrior...
16: ... been in use as early as [[3500 BC]]. There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[expl... - Acropolis, Athens (7462 bytes)
7: ...lis of Athens 01361.JPG|thumb|200px|The western side of the Parthenon]]
11: ... plain of [[Attica]] with steep cliffs on three sides. It is accessible by foot only to the west, wher...
13: ...ing of two [[parapet]]s built with large blocks made of stones cemented with an earth mortar called ''...
15: ...ter the Dark Age the Acropolis ceased to be a residence and became the cult-center of Athens, center o...
16: ...did not stop the [[Iran|Persian]] king [[Xerxes I|Xerxes]]' invading troops from conquering the Acropolis ... - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
3: ... original Mitanni leadership. However, Kurds consider themselves as much Indo-European as they do any ...
5: ...they seem to have preserved a more-or-less independent political position.
7: ... fall of Nineveh the Gutii coalesced with the [[Mede]]s, and, in common with all the nations inhabitin...
9: ...ans" in the muster roll of the army of [[Xerxes I|Xerxes]] which [[Herodotus]] has preserved.
11: ... Gutii", was traditionally believed to be the founder of the Gurans, the principal tribe of southern [... - 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: ... to flank and destroy them. Following the defeat, Xerxes and his fleet retired to Asia, where a heavy rebe...
11: ...eet commanded by the Spartan king [[Leotychides]] destroyed the remaining Persian fleet in the [[battl... - Cappadocia (7924 bytes)
4: ...an extensive inland district of [[Asia Minor]] (modern [[Turkey]]). In the time of [[Herodotus]] the C...
5: ...ia_03.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Cappadocia|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
6: ... great central salt lake. But it is impossible to define its limits with accuracy. [[Strabo]], the onl...
9: ...tional Central Anatolian Turkish House.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
10: ...of two early Achaemenid Kings, [[Darius I]] and [[Xerxes]], as one of the countries ([[Old Persian]] ''dah... - Achaemenid dynasty (14622 bytes)
2: ...Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
3: ... the Great]], [[Darius I|Darius the Great]] and [[Xerxes I]]. At the height of their power, the Achaemeni...
5: ...lthough the Egyptians twice regained their independence from Persia. After the practice of [[Manetho]...
7: ...conquest, the Persian Empire was annexed by Alexander.
11: ...ambyses I of Anshan]] (''Kambūjiya'', "the Elder"), and [[Arsames]] (''Aršāma'' "Having... - Scuba diving (6342 bytes)
1: ...d '[[SCUBA]]' is an acronym for "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", but it is grammatical...
3: ...a equipment are the "open-circuit" [[Aqua-lung]], developed by [[Jacques Cousteau]] and the "closed-ci...
6: ...historian [[Herodotus]] (and quoted in numerous modern texts).
8: ... at night and made his way among all the ships in Xerxes's fleet, cutting each ship loose from its mooring...
10: ...arine life. Until humans found a way to breathe underwater, however, each dive was necessarily short a...
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