Persia
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Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon (Parthian Tyspwn): ancient city on the Tigris, founded by the Parthians. The city was the capital of the Parthian and the Sasanian empires.Origin …Curtius Rufus on Alexander entering Babylon
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. The longest description is that of the Roman author Quintus Curtius Rufus, who based his account on earlier, Greek sources. It should be…Persian Cyprus
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Between Persia and Greece Statue of Melqart from Idalion The Persians…
The Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…
Th. Pinches' drawing of the Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder Translation
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…Cyrus of Anšan
Cyrus (Kuraš): king of Anšan, the grandfather of king Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid empire. Seal of Cyrus…Cyrus the Great
Cyrus takes Babylon: the capture of Babylon by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE, which meant the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the beginning of two centuries of Persian rule …Cyrus the Great
Cyrus (Old Persian Kuruš; Hebrew Kores): founder of the Achaemenid empire. He was the son of Cambyses I, the king of the Persian kingdom called Anšan. During Cambyses' reign, the Persians were vassals of the Median leader Astyages.Persians and Medes …Cyrus the Younger
Cyrus (Old Persian Kurush): Persian prince (424/423-401), revolted against his brother, king Artaxerxes II Mnemon. He was defeated and killed at Cunaxa. …D vase (Inscription on a Fluted Bowl)
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.Inscription on a Fluted Bowl of a king named Darius [Inscription on a fluted bowl of Darius I the…