(Encyclopedia) AstyagesAstyagesăstīˈəjēz [key], fl. 6th cent. b.c., king of the Medes (584–c.550 b.c.), son and successor of Cyaxares. His rule was harsh, and he was unpopular. His daughter is…
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PersiaPersiapûrˈzhə, –shə [key], old alternate name for the Asian country Iran. The article Iran contains a description of the geography and economy…
(Encyclopedia) PharnabazusPharnabazusfärnəbāˈzəs [key], d. after 374 b.c., Persian governor. He had an important satrapy in Asia Minor under Darius II and Artaxerxes II. He was responsible for the…
(Encyclopedia) Boğazköy or BoghazkeuiBoghazkeuibōäzˈköy [key], village, N central Turkey. Boğazköy (or Hattusas as it was called) was the chief center of the Hittite empire (1400–1200 b.c.), which…
(Encyclopedia) Chaldaea or ChaldeaChaldaeaboth: kăldēˈə [key], properly the southernmost portion of the valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. Sometimes it is extended to include Babylonia…
(Encyclopedia) EcbatanaEcbatanaĕkbătˈənə, ĕkbətäˈnə [key], capital of ancient Media, later the summer residence of Achaemenid and Parthian kings, beautifully situated at the foot of Mt. Elvend and NE…
(Encyclopedia) SmerdisSmerdissmûrˈdĭs [key], d. c.528 b.c., second son of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia. He is also called Bardiya. He was assassinated by his brother Cambyses II, who kept the…
(Encyclopedia) Scudéry, Madeleine deScudéry, Madeleine demädəlĕnˈ də sküdārēˈ [key], 1607?–1701, French novelist. Prominent at the Rambouillet salon, she later had one of the chief literary salons of…
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(Encyclopedia) KuraKurak&oobreve;räˈ [key], ancient Cyrus, Georgian Mktvari, Azeri Kür, river, c.950 mi (1,530 km) long, the chief river of Georgia and Azerbaijan. It rises in NE Turkey, NW of…
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