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    Achaemenid Macedonia refers to the period in which the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia was under the sway of the Achaemenid Persians. In 512/511 BC...
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    Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The Kingdom'), was the ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day...
    170 KB (17,309 words) - 23:32, 18 April 2024
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    The Achaemenid dynasty (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 Haxāmanišyaʰ; Persian: هخامنشی Haxâmaneši; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμενίδαι Achaimenidai; Latin: Achaemenides)...
    13 KB (931 words) - 09:38, 12 April 2024
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    Iranian kingdom centered in the historical region of Cappadocia in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). It developed from the former Achaemenid satrapy of...
    16 KB (1,487 words) - 13:48, 26 December 2023
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    initiated a protracted campaign to absorb parts of India into his nascent Achaemenid Empire. In this initial incursion, the Persian army annexed a large region...
    120 KB (12,180 words) - 05:36, 26 March 2024
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    Median state (redirect from Medea (kingdom))
    a significant portion of the Iranian plateau, preceding the powerful Achaemenid Empire. The frequent interference of the Assyrians in the Zagros region...
    118 KB (15,572 words) - 01:21, 11 April 2024
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    BC), was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC that later became an independent kingdom. Its capitals were Tushpa and later...
    15 KB (1,479 words) - 12:48, 7 November 2023
  • Semitic nor Indo-European, and they were the geographic ancestors of the Achaemenid/Persian empire. For a full list of Elamite major and minor kings see:...
    10 KB (1,012 words) - 05:58, 3 March 2024
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    fact been defeated by Pukkusāti's Gāndhārī kingdom. Therefore, following Prakash's position, the Achaemenids would have been able to conquer Gandhāra only...
    14 KB (1,183 words) - 10:08, 19 February 2024
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    The Achaemenid Empire issued coins from 520 BC–450 BC to 330 BC. The Persian daric was the first gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the...
    48 KB (4,934 words) - 20:27, 30 December 2023
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    (Old Persian: 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 Skudra) was a province (satrapy) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire in Europe between 510s BC and 479 BC. Its name is attested in Persian...
    15 KB (1,610 words) - 17:55, 7 October 2023
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    Apadana at Persepolis, a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid kingdom. For years, Europeans in Africa had heard of an animal that they came...
    40 KB (4,395 words) - 17:22, 16 March 2024
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    the 26th Saite Dynasty founded by Psamtik I, but includes the time of Achaemenid Persian rule over Egypt after the conquest by Cambyses II in 525 BC as...
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  • there are no new local kingdoms between the 9th and 3rd centuries BC. This era roughly corresponds to foreign rule (Achaemenid Empire and Macedonian Empire...
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    Cyrus the Great (category 6th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire)
    Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median...
    111 KB (12,594 words) - 22:41, 17 April 2024
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    Achaemenid architecture includes all architectural achievements of the Achaemenid Persians manifesting in construction of spectacular cities used for...
    62 KB (8,060 words) - 21:28, 9 January 2024
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    (See Gandharva Kingdom). The period ended c. 535 BCE, with the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley. South Asia 500 BCE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE AŚMAKA AVANTĪ...
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    Qedarites (redirect from Kingdom' of Qedar)
    Qedarites eventually became integrated within the structure of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Closely associated with the Nabataeans, who may have eventually...
    115 KB (14,214 words) - 17:39, 18 April 2024
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    was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta and Thebes, and briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During...
    218 KB (24,230 words) - 18:21, 10 March 2024
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    the Achaemenid Empire in Upper Mesopotamia from 539 to 330 BC as a military protectorate state. Although sometimes regarded as a satrapy, Achaemenid royal...
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