Hellenistic

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Insula

Insula ("island"): Latin name for a housing block in a city built according to the Hippodamian Plan. The insulae of Pompeii…

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The battle of Ipsus

The battle of Ipsus (301 BCE): Main battle of the Fourth Diadoch war. Antigonus the One-Eyed and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes were defeated by Lysimachus, Cassander, and Seleucus I Nicator.Prelude …

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Issus (Kinet Höyük)

Issus (Hittite Izziya, Greek ᾽Ἱσσός): town in southern Turkey, best known for the famous battle in November 333 BCE, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III Codomannus. The town has been identified with the ruins near modern Kinet Höyük. …

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Isthmia

Isthmia: town on the Corinthian isthmus in Greece, site of the Isthmian Games (Greek Ἰσθμιάδες).History Remains of the temple of Poseidon Sanctuary…

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Kaneš (Kültepe)

Kaneš or Neša: central town in the Middle Bronze trade network of Anatolia, with several palaces and an Assyrian trading post (modern Kültepe, twenty kilometers northeast of modern Kayseri).Early History …

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