Persia
There are 1590 items in Persia:
![]() Gardanah Gavlimash, Archer |
![]() Gardanah Gavlimash, General view |
Gaugamela (331 BCE)
Battle of Gaugamela (October 1, 331 BCE): decisive battle in the war between Macedonia and the Achaemenid Empire, fought in northern Iraq. The outcome was influenced by a celestial omen that announced the imminent downfall of the Persian king Darius…Gaumata / Smerdis
Smerdis (Old Persian Bardiya): Persian prince, son of king Cyrus. Gaumata being trampled upon by Darius According to several ancient sources, Smerdis…Gobryas (conspirator)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped Darius the Great become king (September 522 BC). …Gobryas (general)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): name of one of the generals of king Cyrus the Great. Achaemenid nobleman Gobryas played an important role…Gobryas (satrap)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): satrap of Babylonia and the countries "across the river" (Euphrates). Achaemenid nobleman Gobryas was appointed in his important…Granicus (334 BCE)
Granicus (Greek Γρανíκος; Turkish Biga Çayi): little river in northwestern Turkey, place where the Macedonian king Alexander the Great defeated the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes, in the spring of 334 BCE. …Gur-e Dokhtar
Gur-e Dokhtar: Achaemenid tomb near Buzpar in western Fars.Gur-e Dokhtar (Farsi for "the tomb of the virgin"), is the local name of an Achaemenid cut-stone tomb, located in the valley of Buzpar (local phonetic: "Poshtpar"), in the vicinity of Sar-Mashhad,…
![]() The tomb at Gur-e Dokhtar, seen from the North |
![]() The tomb at Gur-e Dokhtar, seen from the Northwest |
![]() The tomb at Gur-e Dokhtar, seen from the Southwest |