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Histories say that the name belonged to a Persian queen named Esther of Persia. She was a famous leader who stopped the Jewish people from being killed in her own country. This feat continues to be commemorated annually via the holiday of Purim, and an entire book of the Bible is devoted ...
Alexander the Great was born to parents King Philip II and Queen Olympia in 356 BCE; he came from the frontier state of Macedonia to the North of Greece. Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry when he was only 18 years old and assisted his father in defeating the Athenian and Theb...
The regal lion represents the homage due to Leo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the king of the Hebrew zodiac, seated on David's throne; [Luke 1:32], born from Virgo the Woman and queen-Israel the earthly seed. Conversely, Joseph's dominion refers to the Sun's cycle of precession...
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The natural boundary of Media on the north was the river Aras; on the west Zagros, and the mountain-chain which connects Zagros with Ararat; on the south Media was probably separated from Persia by the desert which now forms the boundary between Farsistan and Irak Ajemi; on the east its...
The practice of adoration may be said to be still subsisting in England in the custom of kissing the king's or queen's hand. 3. Adoration is also used in the court of Rome in the ceremony of kissing the pope's feet. It is not certain at what period this practice was introduced ...
The biblical Vashti was the queen of Persia, replaced by Esther as the wife of King Ahasuerus. Names With Beautiful Meanings For Boys Abdias – Prophet Abdiel – Servant of God Abel – Name meaning “breath.” The biblical Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his elder ...
— Atkinson, Women of Persia (Lond. n.d. 8vo); Jessup, Women of the Arabs (ibid. 1874); Lane, Modern Egyptians, part 1, chapter 6:Thomson, Land and Book, 1:174 sq. On special points, see Selden, Uxor Ebraica (ibid. 1646, and later); Schroder, De Vestitu Mulierum Hebr. (...