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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
8: ...t his grave was in the face of a rock, and could only be reached by means of an apparatus of ropes. Ct...
12: ..., if not his, then that of [[Darius III of Persia|Darius III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose bod...
16: [[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|300px|Darius the Great]]
18: ...of Persepolis commenced with [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], it was probably under this king, with whom t...
37: ...ersian tradition at a very remote period knew of only three architectural wonders in that region, whic... - Romania (19812 bytes)
62: ...campaign in the Balkans. The [[Dacia]]ns resisted Darius, but were later defeated by the [[Roman Empire]] ...
164: ... were accelerated, even though deep reforms were only begun in [[2004]]. Restructuring programs includ...
193: ...million people in many parts of the world, but mainly in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
197: ...manians or Hungarians). The Rroma people are commonly known in Romania as ''ţigani'' (tzigany). - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...]-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the territory of the present [[Greece|Greek s...
15: ...ges|dark age]]" from which no primary texts, and only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Secondar...
46: ...BC]] the Persian Great King, [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], having suppressed the Ionian cities, sent a ...
48: Ten years later Darius's successor, [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]], sen...
50: ...Athens enrolled all the island states and some mainland allies into an alliance, called the [[Delian L... - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
3: ...it to Persia during the invasion of [[Greece]] by Darius' son [[Xerxes I]], and he acted as a representati...
5: ...Olympic Games|Olympic Games]], an honor reserved only for Greeks. He modeled his court after [[Athens]... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ..., [[356 BC]]–[[June 10]], [[323 BC]]), commonly known in the West as '''Alexander the Great''' o...
14: ...as]] for his father's murder, stating that it was Darius who had been bragging to the rest of the Greek ci...
23: ...he coast held no major ports, so Alexander moved inland. At Pisidian [[Termessus]] Alexander humbled b...
25: ...feated the main Persian army under the command of Darius III Codomannus at the [[Battle of Issus]] in [[33...
27: ... Alexander chased him as far as [[Arbela]]. While Darius fled over the mountains to [[Ecbatana]] (modern H... - Amyntas I of Macedon (1062 bytes)
2: tributary vassal of [[Darius Hystaspes]] of [[Iran|Persia]]. With him the his... - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
21: ... Carved in the reign of [[Darius I of Persia|King Darius of Persia]] ([[522 BC]]–[[486 BC]]), they c...
35: ...the script's polyvalence, transliteration is not only lossless, but may actually contain more informat... - Polo (10046 bytes)
12: ...Iranian Empire, the [[Achaemenid]] dynasty. Certainly it is [[Persian]] literature and art that give u...
14: ...ntury AD]], who learned to play polo when he was only seven years old.
20: ...ortant a part, and the game itself was preserved only in remote villages.
25: ... took place very little known to your Lordships, unless, indeed, some of you may have heard of it as t...
34: Polo is, however, played professionally in only a few countries, notably [[Argentina]], [[Englan... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
5: ...oples in the periphery [[steppe]]s were also commonly referred as "Scythians", but didn't speak [[Iran...
29: ... without an engagement. If he is to be believed, Darius in this manner reached as far as the [[Volga]] ri...
38: ...[[Ossetians]] descend from them. The latter, the only Iranian people presently resident in Europe, cal...
44: ... people spoke an Iranian language. They may have only had an Iranian speaking elite, and may or may no...
58: ...uried with them. With the ordinary Pazyryks were only ordinary utensils, but in one was found among ot... - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
13: ...n once more the mistress of the civilized world. Only a small fragment of his annals has been discover...
23: ...rulers of western Asia ceased to be acknowledged. Darius, in fact, entered Babylon as a conqueror.
25: After the murder of Darius, it briefly recovered its independence under Nidi... - Babylon (9716 bytes)
16: ... underwent a constant state of revolt, which was only suppressed by the complete destruction of the ca...
31: ...my and mathematics. However, under the reign of [[Darius III]], Babylon began to stagnate.
35: In [[331 BC]] The Persian king [[Darius III]] was defeated by the forces of the [[Macedon... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
17: ...ed its greatest extent under [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]]. He led conquering armies into the [[Indus Ri...
19: ...e precedent set by Cyrus the Great. This was not only good for the empire's subjects, but ultimately b...
29: .... The mightiest empire in the world collapsed in only eight years, when it fell under the attack of a ...
33: ..., and Egypt, before defeating all the troops of [[Darius III]] at Issus and capturing the capital at Susa....
58: During Parthian rule, Persia was only one province in a large, loosely controlled empi... - Greco-Persian Wars (5983 bytes)
3: ..., from western China to eastern Europe. In 513 BC Darius for the first time conquered [[Thrace]] and [[Mac...
9: In [[480 BC|480]], Darius' successor [[Xerxes I]] mounted a massive expedit... - Cappadocia (7924 bytes)
4: ...ent geography, '''Cappadocia''' was an extensive inland district of [[Asia Minor]] (modern [[Turkey]])...
6: ...define its limits with accuracy. [[Strabo]], the only ancient author who gives any circumstantial acco...
10: ...ual inscriptions of two early Achaemenid Kings, [[Darius I]] and [[Xerxes]], as one of the countries ([[Ol...
14: ...the name Cappadocia came to be restricted to the inland province (sometimes called Great Cappadocia), ...
16: ... capital of the whole country, was situated. The only two cities of Cappadocia considered by Strabo to... - Ondes Martenot (2090 bytes)
4: ...s included [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Edgar Var賥]], [[Darius Milhaud]], [[Arthur Honegger]] and [[Maurice Jarr... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...alled a ''timpani stick'' or ''timpani mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] ...
22: ...impani can play up into the [[treble clef]]. In [[Darius Milhaud]]'s [[ballet]] ''La cr顴ion du monde'', ...
43: ...essional timpanists use are Dresden timpani, commonly with a ratchet-clutch or friction clutch pedal. ...
59: ... relatively inexpensive. Thus, they are more commonly used than calfskin heads. However, many professi...
66: Although it is not commonly written in the music, timpanists will change sti... - Achaemenid dynasty (14622 bytes)
3: ...yrus the Great | Cyrus II the Great]], [[Darius I|Darius the Great]] and [[Xerxes I]]. At the height of t...
7: The last Achaemenid king was [[Darius III]] ([[336 BC]] - [[330 BC]]), who was defeated...
15: ...Firm the Good", also known as ''Darayarahush'' or Darius the Great).
17: ... since ''they'' were in a position to choose him. Darius I was chosen monarch from amongst the leaders. He...
19: Darius attacked the Greek mainland, that had supported rebellious Greek colonies ... - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
21: ... Carved in the reign of [[Darius I of Persia|King Darius of Persia]] ([[522 BC]]–[[486 BC]]), they c...
35: ...the script's polyvalence, transliteration is not only lossless, but may contain more information than ... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
19: ...of Kish]], dating to ca. [[2650 BC]]. But we can only really trace Elamite history from records dating...
32: Marlik Region, Tappe Hasanlu, Iran 14th-13th centuries BCE. Excavated by The ...
76: ...ed in thousands of administrative texts found at Darius’ city of [[Persepolis]]; the continued wors...
84: Thus, not only was "Elam absorbed into the new empire" (Encyclo...
186: ...sed to the typical view that Elam is of interest only for its contributions to Iranian or Assyrian cul... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
14: ...elf in several of his Paris collaborations. Not only was he the principal composer for [[Sergei Diagh...
51: ...Stravinsky's concern, during this period, of not only returning to "Classic" music but also returning ...
59: Only after the death of [[Arnold Schoenberg]], the in...
73: ...bist]] painting. These passages are notable not only for this pastiche-quality but also for their len...
78: ...uld be later adopted by composers as diverse as [[Darius Milhaud]] and [[Aaron Copland]]. [[Sergei Prokof...
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