Dráma, town and dímos (municipality), East Macedonia and Thrace (Modern Greek: Anatolikí Makedonía kai Thráki) periféreia (region), northeastern Greece. It lies on a major tributary of the Angítis River, at the northern edge of the Drámas Plain.
Already tipped for high office he made the tour of Greece and the Holy Land in 1883, then four years later, between 1887 and 1894, started a series of journeys, one round the world, and all taking in the East. Curzon had been from his schooldays an ardent imperialist and these travels...
The lyric poetry of Greece owed much to the 7th-century Lésbos-born musician Terpander and the dithyrambist Arion as well as Alcaeus and Sappho. After a protracted struggle with Athens for Sigeum on the Hellespont (Dardanelles) and a naval defeat, Lésbos in 527 submitted to Persia, ...
Description: geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran Neighbors: Bulgaria, Central Asia, Greece, Libya, South Asia and Sudan Category: cultural region Location: Asia View on OpenStreetMapLatitude of center28.5354° or 28° 32' 7" north Longitude of ce...
The Byzantine Empire had inherited the cultural heritage of Ancient Greece. During the rise of the Byzantine Empire, every city that possessed this heritage (Athens, Alexandria, Antioch and Istanbul) were within the borders of the empire.
The Battle of Issus between Alexander the Great and Darius III in 333 BC, leading to the fall of the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire entered a period of decline after a failed invasion ofGreeceby Xerxes I in 480 BC. The costly defense of Persia’s lands depleted the empire’s funds,...
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3) At Susa Daniel had a vision about the coming invasions by Persia and Greece (Dan 8:2) Map of the Deportation of Judah 2 Kings 24:20 "For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence" ...
In the map seen in figure 1, some of the most important city-states can be found, including Athens. Figure 1: A map of Ancient Greece with regional dialects The Persian navy landed at the bay of Marathon, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Athens, and the Athenians marched ...
Persepolis, an ancient capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of Iran (Persia), located about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Shiraz in the Fars region of southwestern Iran. The site lies near the confluence of the Pulvar (Sivand) and Kor rivers.