Persia
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Artemisia of Halicarnassus
Artemisia: queen of Halicarnassus in c. 480 BCE, ally of the Persian king Xerxes during his invasion of Greece.Halicarnassus was a Graeco-Carian city that belonged to the empire of the Persian Achaemenids. The Persian authorities liked their cities to be…Artemisium (480 BCE)
Artemisium (Greek Ἀρτεμίσιον): northern cape of the isle of Euboea, well known for a the naval battle in which the navy of the united Greeks was unable to black the advance of the Persian naval forces (480 BCE). …Artystone
Artystone (Elamite Irtašduna) was the daughter of the Persian king Cyrus the Great (559-530 BCE) and a wife of king Darius I the Great (522-486). …Aryandes
Aryandes: Persian nobleman, after 525 first satrap of Egypt. He died after 512. Persian nobleman; statue from Egypt In 526 BCE, pharaoh…
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Aspathines
Aspathines (Old Persian Aspaçânâ): name of a courtier of the Persian king Darius I the Great (522-486 BCE). Aspathines, as shown…ššina
ššina: son of Upadarma, rebel leader from Elam, who rose against the Persian king Darius I the Great. ššina ššina's revolt took…Astyages
Astyages (Akkadian Ištumegu): last king of Media, son of king Cyaxares, dethroned 550 BCE. Two Medes Most information on Astyages can be found…Atamaita
Atamaita: king of Elam in the autumn of 521 BCE.Behistun inscription mentions three rebel leaders who were recognized as kings in Elam after Darius I the Great had killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and seized the Persian throne. The first…Atossa
Atossa (Elamite Udusana) was the daughter of the Persian king Cyrus the Great (559-530 BCE) and the first wife of king Darius I the Great (522-486). …Atropates
Atropates (Persian Âtarepâta) (c.370- after 321): Persian nobleman, played an important role in the restoration of Zoroastrianism after the persecutions by Alexander the Great. …Avesta
Avesta: the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Iranian religion that was founded by the legendary Bactrian prophet Zarathustra. Faravahar, the visual…