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led by a king. On the contrary, it contained numerousindependent and sovereign cities. Sometimes they would join together in loose federations; Others fought each other for the domination of some fertile areas
For much of the 8th and 7th centuries bce the town was subject to Assyria, and in 585–573 it successfully withstood a prolonged siege by the Babylonian king Nebuchadrezzar II. Between 538 and 332 it was ruled by the Achaemenian kings of Persia. In this period it lost its hegemony ...
Women in Ancient Persia appeared to have enjoyed power and privileges. Learn about Persia's history, the royal Persian women, and non-royal Persian women. Persia's History When you think of modern day Persia (Iran), you might think of the restrictions placed on women's rights, which would...
A wealth of information on ancient Greek civilization is provided by the relevant volumes of The Cambridge Ancient History (1923–2005), most of which are in their 2nd edition, some in their 3rd edition. Of special note are John Boardman et al. (eds.), Persia, Greece, and the Western Me...
Credit and thanks to the Godfather of Exotica, Korla Pandit, for the excellent renditions of Turkish Dance and Miserlou...a song so old that its origins are vague, yet was known to have been popular in ancient Persia and the middle-east, as well as to all us fans of Dick Dale!
In the Corinthian War (395–387), Sparta, which unleashed the war, was opposed by a coalition comprising Athens. Corinth, Thebes, and others cities. The weakness of the city-states and the decline of their finances made them dependent on the wealth of Persia, which in fact in the so-...
Ancient Israel was located on the shoreline of the far east side of the Mediterranean Sea, also known as the Ancient Near East. Much of the area was an abundance of deserts with a few fertile regions where most of the population gathered according to archeological findings. Ancient Israel was...
Perhaps it was recognized that the struggle with Persia was over and with it the justification for tribute; if so, the recognition was only momentary, because there was tribute again in 447. Furthermore, an inscription of the 420s appears to refer to a renewal of the peace on the death ...