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  Ardashir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ardashir I of Persia ruled from 224 to 241.
Ardashir II of Persia ruled from 379 to 383.
Ardashir III of Persia ruled from 628 to 630.
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 Persia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The religion of Persia itself was Zoroastrianism, and the unity of Persia may be attributed in part to the unifying effect of that broadly established faith.
After Alexander the Great’s death, Persia fell for the most part to Seleucus I and his successors (the Seleucids), but their grasp on the vast territories was weak administratively, although they did introduce a vital Hellenistic culture, mingling Greek with Persian elements.
Ardashir I, Shapur I, and Shapur II all were strong kings, able and successful opponents of the Romans.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Persia
Persia proper is bounded on the north by Transcaucasia, the Caspian Sea, and Russian Turkestan; on the south by the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf; it is over one-fifth as large as the United States (excluding Alaska) and twice as large as Germany, having an area of about 642,000 square miles.
Pherecles, the Seleucid satrap, having insulted Tiridates, was slain, and Parthia freed from the Macedonians.
On his arrival in Persia, Mgr Cluzel was immediately acknowledged by the shah, decorated with the insignia of the Lion and Sun, and officially confirmed, by a special imperial firman, as the representative of the Father of the Faithful.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11712a.htm   (14955 words)

  
 Persians - History for Kids!
Ardashir was a weak king, and a lot of the conquered countries revolted while Ardashir was king.
Ardashir did manage to stay on good terms with the Jews, by letting them practice their religion, as Ezra and Nehemiah say in the Bible.
Ardashir III was a stronger king than his ancestors had been, and managed to reconquer Egypt in 342 BC.
www.historyforkids.org /learn/westasia/history/persians2.htm   (717 words)

  
 Shahrbaraz of Persia - TheBestLinks.com - Damascus, Jerusalem, 613, 614, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shahrbaraz of Persia - TheBestLinks.com - Damascus, Jerusalem, 613, 614,...
Shahrbaraz of Persia, Damascus, Jerusalem, 613, 614, Sassanid dynasty, Khosrau...
He took Damascus and Jerusalem in 613 and 614, and the Holy cross was carried away in triumph.
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 List of people by name: Ar - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ardashir I of Persia, from 224 to 241.
Ardashir II of Persia, from 379 to 383.
Ardashir III of Persia, from 628 to 630.
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 Persian Empire
When the Suez canal was being built in 1866, workers came across a stele made from granite bearing an inscription in Persian, Babylonian, Elamite and Egyptian.
333BC The last Persian King, was Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great at the battle of Issus and again at the battle of Gaugamela in 331BC, but killed by one of his own retainers.
Ardashir I, the conqueror of the Parthians, was succeeded by Shapur I. Shapur I expanded the empire, adding parts of Iraq, the whole of modern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Shapur III of Persia
Shapur III was king of Persia from 383 to 388.
Son of Shapur II, he was elevated to the throne by the magnates against his uncle, Ardashir II, and killed by them after a reign of five years.
He concluded a treaty with Theodosius the Great.
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