Similar words: Persian, persian gulf, persian empire, persian gulf war, haversian canal, controversial, controversially, uncontroversial. Meaning: n. 1. an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC 2. a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil.
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61 After his defeat at Plataea in 479 BC, Xerxes, king of Persia, was retreating from Greece when his ship, overloaded with Persian warriors, was caught in a heavy storm.
62 The Parthians had gone out of history, absorbed into the general population of Persia.
63 In November 333 BC, the Macedonian troops led by Alexander the Great, outnumbered roughly by four to one, defeated the army led by Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Issus.
64 Iran traces its national origin to Persia, an empire that emerged in the 6th century BC under the Achaemenid dynasty.
65 The Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great of Macedonia and Darius III of Achaemenid Persia.
66 King of Persia (521-486) who expanded the empire, organized a highly efficient administrative system, and invaded Greece, only to be defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490.
67 The coin of Persia was stamped with the figure of an archer.
68 Frankincense was associated with prayers and burned on pagan altars in Rome, Persia, Babylon, and Assyria.
69 During Parthian rule, Persia was only one province in a large, loosely controlled empire.
70 His other activities in Persia and later Assyria, included healing and preaching.
71 Cyrus II, also known as Cyrus the Great, ruled Persia for 30 years. During his reign, the Persian Empire encompassed much of the Middle East, including Iran,(http://sentencedict.com/persia.html) Israel and Mesopotamia.
72 For more than a century, Mithraism, a religion derived from Persia, was the largest single religion in Rome.
73 He led his army into Persia, and he conquered many lands.
74 It is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and Iran (Persia), and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south.
75 Damascene dealers boast what they describe as the most interesting collection of antique carpets and rugs this side of Persia.
76 In Persia, wine was also thought of as a divine gift.
77 An ancient city of Persia northeast of modern Shiraz in southwest Iran. It was the ceremonial capital of Darius I and his successors.
78 The conference in Teheran, the capital of Iran (Persia), followed that held in North Africa between Mr. Churchill, President Roosevelt, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
79 Another adventure film, Prince of Persia, comes from a popular video game.
80 He captured Tabriz from the Ak Koyunlu and became shah of Azerbaijan ( 1501 ) and Persia ( 1502 ).
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