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(Encyclopedia) Maurya mouˈəryə [key], ancient Indian dynasty, c.325–c.183 b.c., founded by Chandragupta (Chandragupta Maurya). He conquered the Magadha kingdom and established his capital at Pataliputra (now Pa...

(Encyclopedia) Iberia ībĭrˈēə [key], ancient country of Transcaucasia, roughly the eastern part of present-day Georgia. It was inhabited in earliest times by various tribes, collectively called Iberians by anci...

(Encyclopedia) Gwangju or Kwangju gwängˈjo͞oˈ [key], city, metropolitan city located in but independent of South Jeolla ...

(Encyclopedia) Italic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages that may be divided into two groups. The first group consists of the ancient Italic languages and dialects that were once spoken in...

(Encyclopedia) Buthrotum bo͞o-trēntˈ [key], where Italian excavations in the 1930s uncovered Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Venetian remains of the ancient city, including a theater (4th cent. b.c.), a baptistery (...

(Encyclopedia) Ugarit o͞ogərētˈ [key], ancient city, capital of the Ugarit kingdom, W Syria, on the Mediterranean coast N of modern Latakia. Although the name of this city was known from Egyptian and Hittite sou...

(Encyclopedia) Hissarlik: see Troy, ancient city.

(Encyclopedia) Iulis, ancient Greece: see Kéa.

(Encyclopedia) Cassandreia, ancient Greece: see Potidaea. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tadmor, ancient city: see Palmyra. ...